- Paperback: 864 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classic; New impression edition (Jan 1 1954)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140440410
- ISBN-13: 978-0140440416
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 4.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #729,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
A direct and truthful transcript of life in Russia in the early 1800's.
About the Author
Count Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 at Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula province, and educated privately. He studied Oriental languages and law at the University of Kazan, then led a life of pleasure until 1851 when he joined an artillery regiment in the Caucasus. He took part in the Crimean War and after the defence of Sebastopol he wrote The Sebastopol Sketches (1855-6), which established his reputation. After a period in St Petersburg and abroad, where he studied educational methods for use in his school for peasant children in Yasnaya Polyana, he married Sofya Andreyevna Behrs in 1862. The next fifteen years was a period of great happiness; they had thirteen children, and Tolstoy managed his vast estates in the Volga Steppes, continued his educational projects, cared for his peasants and wrote War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). A Confession (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life; he became an extreme moralist and in a series of pamphlets after 1880 expressed his rejection of state and church, indictment of the weaknesses of the flesh and denunciation of private property. His teaching earned him numerous followers at home and abroad, but also much opposition, and in 1901 he was excommuincated by the Russian Holy Synod. He died in 1910, in the course of a dramamtic flight from home, at the small railway station of Astapovo.
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Leo Tolstoy's Novel is Still a Great Read,
By Ron Romanowski-CPC (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Penguin Classics Anna Karenina (Paperback)
Come back to "Anna Karenin" for a break. Those jaded by the obscurity of the modern novel will be amazed at the power this most famous of Russian novels still holds. This edition is translated into clear and forceful English by the famous translator, Rosemary Edmonds. As always the Penguin edition is authorative and beautifully designed but I would prefer the title "Karenina" rather than, I think, the less musical "Karenin".This is the story of a woman, Anna of the title, who gives up husband and son and eventually her life in pursuit of a passionate affair with her lover, Vronsky. The ending seems inevitible right from the start of the novel. But as in all great experiences its the getting there that is so moving. Oh how we are torn along with Anna in her struggle to live! And in counterpoint to Anna's travails Tolstoy weaves in the happier story of Levin and his married life. Some say there is much that is autobiographical here; Levin expresses views supposedly held by Tolstoy himself. "Anna" is a fabulous read for first-timers, and those coming back to reread this seminal novel will be reminded of what makes a novel great.
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"Vengeance is mine... and I will repay.",
By dnk "dnkboston" (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Penguin Classics Anna Karenina (Paperback)
Isn't it funny how the second part of that statement completely changes the meaning of the first? And that is the way the entire book reads. As soon as you think you have a handle on any of the characters, you learn something new that changes everything. The result is that it's almost impossible to make a judgment about anyone.Anna, in particular, becomes more tragic just for that reason. First we see her as the dutiful, virtuous wife of a passionless man. Then we see her easily corrupted by the decadent Vronsky. How "good" was she in the first place if she was such a willing victim? And even though we see in painful detail why she continuously refuses to do the right thing until it's too late, we still find ourselves asking why. Who is avenging themselves on whom, and why? Some of the answers are obvious, but some are unexpected and make the most righteous characters downright malicious, and the most unsympathetic almost pathetic.
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A Deep Emotional Read,
By iamcdn "iamcdn" (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Penguin Classics Anna Karenina (Paperback)
I think that everybody goes through a stage in their lives, something close to a personal renaissance or an emotional birth. I went through that during the second year of my engineering program. I must say that this book definitely started it all.I merely picked it up because the cover was so intriguing (the picture of the lady cried out to me). The story is very descriptive (I think that is how Tolstoy writes), very absorbing and very sad. I have never read a book of this caliber. The characters in the book are real and you feel like you can hold on to them. I would definitely recommend this to someone seeking for a deep emotional read.
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