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By Leo Tolstoy (Author), Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club Selection: 2004
Some people say Anna Karenina is the single greatest novel ever written, which makes about as much sense to me as trying to
determine the world's greatest color. But there is no doubt that Anna Karenina, generally considered Tolstoy's best book, is
definitely one ripping great read. Anna, miserable in her loveless marriage, does the barely thinkable and succumbs to her
desires for the dashing Vronsky. I don't want to give away the ending, but I will say that 19th-century Russia doesn't take
well to that sort of thing.
Book Description
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky.
Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly
textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the
contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the
robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful
voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful,
vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for generations to come.
About the Author
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) wrote two of Russia's greatest novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), as well as many short
stories and essays.
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