Anna Karenina

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

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Author

Leo Tolstoy

Contributions

Richard Pevear (Translator) - Contributor
Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) - Contributor
Richard Pevear - Translator
Larissa Volokhonsky - Translator

Publication

2004-05-31 - Penguin, New York

Language

English

Word Count

330,925 words, Based on audiobook length

Page Count

838 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archiveannakareninaopra00tols
Internet Archiveannakarenina00leot_0
ISBN-100143035002
ISBN-139780143035008
LibraryThing2340

and 4 more

OCLC Control Number731379261
OCLC Control Number780004417
Better World Books9780143035008
Open LibraryOL7361482M

Classifications

LCCPG3366.A6 2001
LCCPG3366 .A6 2000
DDC891.733 TOL

Description

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. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to 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.

First Sentence

KARENIN and his wife continued to live under the same roof, to meet every day, and yet to remain entire strangers to each other.

First Sentence

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Description

While previous versions have softened the robust and sometimes shocking qualities of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This authoritative edition, which received the PEN Translation Prize and was an Oprah Book Club™ selection, also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper.