Anna karenina is set in nineteenthcentury russia, exploring relationships, death and controversy between tradition and freethinking. Described by william faulkner as the best novel ever written and by fyodor dostoevsky as flawless, anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenthcentury russia, the novels seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance. Pevear and volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of english, and their superb rendering allows us, as perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of tolstoys characters, acts, situations. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Anna karenina, 1985 another movie version of anna karenina, this one starring jacqueline bisset as anna and christopher reeve as vronsky.
Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike, and soon. The extravagant and dramatic story of anna karenina who risks everything for passion is intertwined with the quiet story of levin an autobiographical character and his own quest for true love and personal fulfillment. Widely considered one of the best novels ever written, anna karenina is the tragic story of the aristocratic annas doomed affair with the wealthy count vronsky. Pdf anna karenina book by leo tolstoy free download 964. Instead of a barrage of metaphors describing things in terms of other things that they resemble, lev tolstoy seeks the precise word.
Is the movie anna karenina 2012 much different from the. Chapterindexed hypertext and ebooks for anna karenina by leo tolstoy. Leo tolstoy 1828 1910, translated by constance garnett 1861 1946 anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Each is a new translation prefaced lucidly by an acclaimed scholar in the field. Volgens ruth benson in haar boek over heldinnen tolstoj tolstojs. Buy anna karenina penguin classics book online at best prices in india on.
Gillian slovo finds that the real romance in anna karenina opens up previously unseen depths. Anna karenina seems to have everything beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. Anna karenina, 1977 a tv miniseries adaptation of tolstoys famous novel. Buy anna karenina book online at best prices in india on. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels, of destiny, death, human relationships and the. The project gutenberg ebook of anna karenina, by leo tolstoy this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Part one chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17. Set in late 19th century russia, anna is portrayed as an ideal, cultivated aristocratic wife, mother and model for women alike. The novel anna karenina starts with one of its most often quoted lines. The book opens with anna arriving on a scene of family.
Anna karenina is on lists of the top ten novels of all time get the new viking translation by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky. But after a period of close to 2 months, i have finally finished this epic and i feel that tolstoy was a man par excellence. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage to follow her heart and must endure the hypocrisies of society. All though, the story is not as simple as it sounds for it has several more characters like a woman called kitty. They both were twice awarded the penbookofthemonth club translation prize for dostoevskys the brothers karamazov and tolstoys anna karenina. Translated by constance garnett in part 2, kittys health deteriorates from regret and heartbreak, while levin retreats to his country estate. Tolstoy, leo, pevear, richard, volokhonsky, larissa. Dover 2004 unabridged republication of the edition published by oxford university press, london, 1918.
But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer count vronsky. Although she tries to resist, anna is gradually drawn into a passionate, allconsuming affair that scandalizes everyone around them and threatens to destroy her. Leo tolstoys anna karenina and war and peace and fyodor dostoyevskys crime and punishment. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 964 pages and is available in paperback format. Anna karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Stivas sister, anna karenina, arrives to reconcile the couple and dissuades dolly from getting a divorce. Buy anna karenina book online at low prices in india anna.
All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. I have tried a lot of the anna karenina kindle editions. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy free online book and ebooks. Anna karenina seems to have everything beauty, wealth, popularity, a husband and an adored son. This teachers guide includes background information on author leo tolstoy, a summary of the novel, and discussion questions. A crisis develops in the oblonsky household when dolly finds out about her husbands affair. Leo tolstoys psychological novel anna karenina follows the life of the enchanting and rebellious anna who seeks to break free from the shackles of society. Anna karenina 1877 by leo tolstoy is a classic story of love and tragedy against the backdrop of prerevolutionary russia. Oxford university press recently added three of the most acclaimed czarist era novels to its classics hardback collection. I understand theres multiple editions of this classic novel. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society.
Anna and vronsky continue to pursue each other and become the talk of polite society, to the chagrin of karenin. Librivox recording of anna karenina, book 2 by leo tolstoy. A love story is a brilliant reimagining of leo tolstoys timeless love story, anna karenina. I have recently read this book with few digressions here and there. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian messenger.
Why is anna karenina admired as a literary masterpiece and. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy, a free text and ebook for easy online reading, study, and reference. Richard pevear, along with his wife larissa volokhonsky, has translated works by tolstoy, dostoevsky, chekhov, gogol, bulgakov and pasternak. My first tolstoy was anna karenina and i have a lot of thoughts, especially about the characters themselves. Anna karenina is a novel by the russian author leo tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Anna karenina, 1935 this movie version stars greta garbo as anna karenina. Anna karenina is once again adapted from the leo tolstoy book of the same name about love, life and forgivness. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are princess ekaterina kitty aleksandrovna shcherbatskaya, anna arkadyevna karenina. When i first started reading anna karenina, ten years agoim obsessed with the book, and have read it seven times since theni, too, thought of it as a love story. Your can try this site 1 keira delivers anna as a damaged woman who is never happy. But she risks losing it all when she meets the impetuous officer count vronsky. The very title of my dissertation, visualizing anna karenina, indicates my bifocal interest in the metamorphoses of lev tolstois novel anna karenina 187577 through a process of appropriation in visual media and, specifically, its cinematic adaptations as a cultural force that elevates the literary source to the level of myth.
Half of the book follows the trials of the farmer konstantin levin played by domhnall gleeson in the film. Anna karenina couldnt be less like a conventional modern novel. Anna karenina is a novel about a married womans adulterous affair with another man, count vronsky resulting in society ostracizing them. As i have said and reminded people my channel is dedicated to philosophical discussion and that i am looking at great literature through a philosophical lens. Anna karenina, 1948 stars vivien leigh in the title role. Wikisource has original writing related to this article. Every other variant of this book that i ve seen contains a leaf with additional titles at the front andor ads in the rear with russian translations that were published by crowell after anna karenina. Anna karenina is about russian high society, the scandal caused by annas affair with vronsky and annas downward spiral, likely a result of guilt and the fact she is seen as a fallen woman, scorned to an extent by the society she is part of. The first edition of the novel was published in 1878, and was written by leo tolstoy. He thinks how worthless he is, and kitty is right to prefer vronsky. This is a a garnett translation edited by leonard kent and nina berberova, not a carmichael translation. New paperback book copy of anna karenina by leo tolstoy.
New translations of tolstoys anna karenina the new. In the 19th century, a beautiful but married russian aristocrat enters into a forbidden love affair with the wellheeled count vronsky. A complex novel in eight parts, with more than a dozen major characters, it is spread over more than 800 pages, typically contained in two volumes. Het boek eindigt met een dramatische gebeurtenis op dezelfde plaats. Topics about this book topics that mention this book. Many writers consider anna karenina the greatest work of literature ever, and tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this anna karenina will be the definitive text for generations to come. Many writers consider anna karenina the greatest work of. In book 5 we see the new life begun by levin and kitty contrasted with that of anna and vronsky.
Summary leaving the shtcherbatskys, levin walks to his brothers lodgings. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy translated by constance garnett. Buy anna karenina penguin classics book online at low. You might be surprised to learn that a good chunk of anna karenina isnt even about anna. Ask anyone who has read it, and it will be among his or her. Buy anna karenina penguin clothbound classics by tolstoy, leo, pevear, richard from amazons fiction books store. At the climax of anna karenina, annas final moment is represented as the extinguishing of a candle, by the light of which she had been reading that book filled with anxieties, deceptions.
1619 673 177 252 983 767 1501 39 1189 1592 707 1227 1182 1399 1399 488 1658 288 1507 146 962 177 273 1125 1126 642 289 1297