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Anna Karenina

By Leo Tolstoy
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Anna Karenina is Leo Tolstoy's evocative tale of doomed love set in nineteenth-century Russia. It follows Anna, who leaves a respectable but oppressive marriage for a passionate affair, facing conflicts between her own happiness, her son, societal status, and rigid social expectations. Parallel to her story is Levin's journey—a young agnostic searching for faith and fulfillment amidst repression. The novel richly portrays life across social classes and explores deep themes of love, purpose, and personal struggle.
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This classic novel is ideal for readers interested in profound explorations of love and society, fans of Russian literature, and those who appreciate complex character studies and historical settings.

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A powerful translation of the classic Russian novel - retells the tale of rebellious Anna and her ill-fated, adulterous romance with Count Vronsky amid the turmoil of nineteenth-century Russia. Reissue.

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Leo Tolstoy's evocative tale of doomed love—one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.

Anna Karenina startled the world with its powerful portrayal of the human need for love and purpose. In a story that brings to vivid life nineteenth-century Russia across various social classes, Anna renounces a respectable yet stifling marriage for a passionate affair that weighs her happiness against her love for her son, her family's status, and the rigid demands of society. Her story contrasts with that of Levin, a young self-doubting agnostic who takes a different journey to fulfilment and finds faith and satisfaction in an age of repression.

Considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century, Anna Karenina has been called Tolstoy's spiritual autobiography. Anna and Levin personify Tolstoy's lifelong struggle to reconcile his physical desires and intellectual ideals in order to create a more meaningful existence.

Translated by David Magarshack
Includes an Introduction by Priscilla Meyer

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780451528612

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 November 2002

Country: United States

Imprint: Signet Classics

Audience: General / adult, Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 105.0mm

Height: 172.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 960

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Leo Tolstoy Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Count Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia. Orphaned at nine, he was brought up by an elderly aunt and educated by French tutors until he matriculated at Kazan University in 1844. In 1847, he gave up his studies and, after several aimless years, volunteered for military duty in the army, serving as a junior officer in the Crimean War before retiring in 1857. His diary, started in 1847, was used for self-study and self-criticism; it served as the source from which he drew much of the material that appeared not only in his great novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), but also in his shorter works. Seeking religious justification for his life, Tolstoy evolved a new Christianity based upon his own interpretation of the Gospels. Yasnaya Polyana became a Mecca for his many converts. At the age of eighty-two, while away from home, the writer suffered a breakdown in his health in Astapovo, Riazan, and he died there on November 20, 1910.

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