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Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy (Translator: Richard Pevear) (Translator: Larissa Volokhonsky)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Penguin Classics (2004-05)
ISBN: 0143035002
EAN: 9780143035008
Binding/Media: Paperback - 862 pages
Release Date: 2004-05-31
SKU: 072610023
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Softcover, no writing, firm binding, has some shelfwear to edges and corners, pages are crisp and clean. All items ship from a smoke-free home.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product 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.
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Amazon.com 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.
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