Anna Karenina
Many believe Anna Karenina to be the greatest novel ever written. The impossible and destructive triangle of Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vronsky, is set against the marriage of Levin and Kitty, illuminating the most important questions which beset humanity. This edition uses Louise and Aylmer Maude's classic translation - still unsurpassed - and is printed here with a new introduction and detailed annotation. - ;In 1872 the mistress of a neighbouring landowner threw herself under a train at a station near Tolstoy's home. This gave Tolstoy the starting point he needed for composing
Fiction
1 online resource (xxxiv, 831 pages)
9780191586231, 9780585387604, 9780191500374, 0191586234, 0585387605, 0191500372
49569249
Cover; Conents; Introduction; Select Bibliography; Chronology of Leo Tolstoy; Preface; ANNA KARENINA; List of Characters; List of Russian Words; Explanatory Notes
Translated from Russian