Anna Karenina - Hardcover

Leo Tolstoy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670894788 ISBN 13: 9780670894789

Publisher: Viking Adult, 2001

Synopsis

A fresh translation of the classic Russian novel retells the tale of rebellious Anna and her ill-fated romance with Count Vronsky amid the turmoil of nineteenth-century Russia. 15,000 first printing.

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Review:

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.

About the Author:

Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) launched his literary career in 1855 with The Sebastopol Sketches, tales inspired by his service in the Crimean War. In addition to his great novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, he wrote many stories, novellas, and essays.

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced acclaimed translations of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol, and Bulgakov. Their translation of The Brothers Karamazov won the 1991 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0670894788
• ISBN 13: 9780670894789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 837