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Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина, IPA: [ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə]) [1] is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written, [2] Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel.
Dec 12, 2022 · Anna Karenina is a novel by Leo Tolstoy about the tragic love of a married lady Anna Karenina and a brilliant officer Alexei Vronsky against the backdrop of a happy family life of the nobles Konstantin Levin and Kitty Shcherbatskaya.
Anna Karenina. At 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 -...
Oct 9, 2023 · Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" is nothing short of a literary monument. This sprawling masterpiece, set against the backdrop of 19th-century Russia, offers readers a journey deep into...
May 27, 2024 · In Anna Karenina (1875–77) Tolstoy applied these ideas to family life. The novel’s first sentence, which indicates its concern with the domestic, is perhaps Tolstoy’s most famous: “All happy families resemble each other; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
- Gary Saul Morson
Jul 1, 1998 · Madame Karenina stood quite still, holding herself very erect, and her eyes were smiling. “Anna Arkadyevna,” the countess said in explanation to her son, “has a little son eight years old, I believe, and she has never been parted from him before, and she keeps fretting over leaving him.”
The pinnacle of the realist novel, the commonplace lives and frustrations of the characters within Anna Karenina are woven together in parallel subtexts that ask difficult questions. The story of the extramarital affair between Anna Karenina and the young bachelor Count Vronsky is at the center of this complex work of literature.
