Anna Karenina: A Novel in Eight PartsAt its simplest, Anna Karenina is a love story. It is a portrait of a beautiful and intelligent woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties - to her marriage and to the network of relationships and moral values that bind the society around her. The love affair of Anna and Vronsky is played out alongside the developing romance of Kitty and Levin, and in the character of Levin, closely based on Tolstoy himself, the search for happiness takes on a deeper philosophical significance. One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina combines penetrating psychological insight with an encyclopedic depiction of Russian life in the 1870s. The novel takes us from high society St Petersburg to the threshing fields on Levin's estate, with unforgettable scenes at a Moscow ballroom, the skating rink, a race course, a railway station. It creates an intricate labyrinth of connections that is profoundly satisfying, and deeply moving. Rosamund Bartlett's new translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. Like her acclaimed biography of Tolstoy, it is vivid, nuanced, and compelling. |
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Page 259
... moved with the children to their country estate in order to reduce expenses as much as possible . She moved to her dowry estate , Yergushovo , the same one where the wood had been sold in spring and which was about thirty - five miles ...
... moved with the children to their country estate in order to reduce expenses as much as possible . She moved to her dowry estate , Yergushovo , the same one where the wood had been sold in spring and which was about thirty - five miles ...
Page 403
... moved without any muscular effort and felt he could do anything . He was certain that he could fly into the air or lift up the corner of the house if need be . He spent the rest of the time walking the streets , constantly looking at ...
... moved without any muscular effort and felt he could do anything . He was certain that he could fly into the air or lift up the corner of the house if need be . He spent the rest of the time walking the streets , constantly looking at ...
Page 451
... moved after them with a buzz of talk and a rustle of skirts . Someone bent down and straightened the bride's train . The church became so still that the dripping of wax could be heard . The little old priest , in a kamilavka , 11 with ...
... moved after them with a buzz of talk and a rustle of skirts . Someone bent down and straightened the bride's train . The church became so still that the dripping of wax could be heard . The little old priest , in a kamilavka , 11 with ...
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Agafya Mikhailovna Alexei Alexandrovich already Anna Arkadyevna Anna Karenina Anna's asked began Betsy better blushing brother calm carriage conversation Countess Lydia Ivanovna Darya Alexandrovna dinner divorce doctor Dolly door drawing room dress everything expression eyes face feeling felt footman forgive frock coat girl glad glanced Golenishchev hand happiness head heard horse husband impossible Karenin Katavasov kissed Kitty Kitty's knew Konstantin Levin laughing leave listening live looking Lvov Marya Mme Stahl Moscow mother muzhiks never Nikolai Oblonsky once Petersburg pity prince princess question remembered replied seemed Sergei Ivanovich Seryozha Shcherbatsky silent sitting smile soul Stepan Arkadyich Stiva stood stopped suddenly Sviyazhsky tailcoat talk tarantass tell terrible there's thing thought told took turned understand understood unpleasant Varenka Veslovsky voice Vronsky Vronsky's waiting walked wanted wet nurse whole wife wish woman words Yashvin young zemstvo