ISBN |
9780099540663 : |
Name |
Tolstoy, Leo, 1828-1910 author. |
Uniform title |
Anna Karenina English (Maude) |
Title |
Anna Karenina |
Published |
London : Vintage, 2010 |
Description |
xiv, 963 pages ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Vintage classics. |
Notes |
This translation first published: 1918. |
Summary |
'All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way'. "Anna Karenina" is a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against the backdrop of Russian high society. Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Although she initially resists his charms Anna eventually succumbs, falling passionately in love and setting in motion a chain of events that lead to her downfall. In this extraordinary novel, Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together the lives of dozens of characters, while evoking a love so strong that those who experience it are prepared to die for it. |
Language note |
Translated from the Russian. |
Subjects |
Karenina, Anna (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
Fiction |
Adultery |
Manners and customs |
Married women |
Added Names |
Maude, Louise Shanks, 1855-1939 translator. |
Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938 translator. |
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