Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
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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.
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Bibliographic source: Open Library- Who wrote Anna Karenina?
Anna Karenina is by Leo Tolstoy. The catalogue records its first publication in 1876. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is Anna Karenina?
The catalogue records 660 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
