false 152 310 Tolstoy's tumultuous tale of passion and self-discovery marks a turning point in the author's career. His compelling, emotional saga recounts the effects of nonconformist behavior — a society woman's adulterous affair and a landowner's unconventional quest for a meaningful existence — against a backdrop of late 19th-century Russia. 2507928 book 1873 Anna Karenina total:31686|5:12350|4:10748|3:6063|2:1821|1:704| 31686 127277 49367 3780 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 2 39 false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue May 29 00:49:31 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 11:56:08 -0700 2007
...more...]]> 151 0143035002 9780143035008 4466 651 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156882183m/151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/151.Anna_Karenina 5 20 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 08:20:17 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 17:26:06 -0800 2007 The Brothers Karamazov have I felt as directly involved in characters' worlds and minds. Fascinating.
I was hooked on Anna Karenina from the opening section when I realized that Tolstoy was brilliantly portraying characters' thoughts and motivations in all of their contradicto...more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 5 21 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 11:42:52 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 16:43:22 -0700 2008
It was my first Tolstoy to read, and the defining thing that separated what he wr...more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 1 7 false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 11:11:23 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 17:50:44 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 151 0143035002 9780143035008 4466 651 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156882183m/151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/151.Anna_Karenina 5 12 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 14:51:31 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 06:57:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 5 7 false Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 19:13:03 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 12:17:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 5 6 false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 16:34:42 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 23:07:56 -0700 2008
ohmygoodness that took forever. that was a commitment. i think that was the longest book i've ever read. whew.

so well obviously it was a lot to ingest so i'm sure my feelings will be developing and changing in the days to come. right now i feel satisfied and conte...more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 4 5 true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 10:28:48 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 10:07:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 1 4 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Sep 08 10:02:25 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 10:17:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 2 5 true Thu Aug 02 17:57:51 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 11:51:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 3 4 true Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 13:03:34 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 07:11:59 -0800 2009
I'm going to start with a quick plot summary, because before I read this I didn't really know what Anna Karenina was actua...more...]]> 151 0143035002 9780143035008 4466 651 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156882183m/151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/151.Anna_Karenina 5 4 true Mon Mar 16 21:01:16 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 23 06:48:19 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 16 21:01:16 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 4 5 false Wed Aug 06 22:05:21 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 06:05:15 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 22:05:21 -0700 2008 More precisely, I read AND listened to it. The book I read was a translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. The audio version, read b...more...]]> 5685 0142000272 9780142000274 298 57 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165541683m/5685.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5685.Anna_Karenina 5 11 false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 20:37:48 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 19:09:47 -0700 2008 Anna Karenin can feel a little like visiting Paris for the first time. You’ve heard a lot about the place before you go. Much of what you see from the bus you recognize from pictures and movies and books. You can’t help but think of the great writers and artists who hav...more...]]> 151 0143035002 9780143035008 4466 651 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156882183m/151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/151.Anna_Karenina 2 3 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 13:52:49 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 12:22:09 -0700 2007
It took me three starts over the course of three years to finish this book. I got as far as page 565 in 2004. I almost wish that's where the book ended - pe...more...]]> 6101643 2 1 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1232148159m/6101643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101643.Anna_Karenina 3 4 false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 15:21:45 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 06:46:28 -0800 2009
While reading this book, I kept wishing that I could just read a "good parts version" as William Goldman called Th...more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 3 2 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 06:53:26 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 13:05:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1744140 0899666728 9780899666723 2 1 4.02 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1744140.Anna_Karenina 3 3 false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 30 09:37:56 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 14:35:08 -0800 2008
Tolstoy seems to have a somewhat threatening reputation in the world of books. "War and Peace" was th...more...]]> 151 0143035002 9780143035008 4466 651 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156882183m/151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/151.Anna_Karenina 4 4 false Fri Aug 22 09:54:58 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 10:58:01 -0700 2008
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

So begins "...more...]]> 152 0451528611 9780451528612 22074 2433 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221762041m/152.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152.Anna_Karenina 2 3 false Wed Jan 02 16:33:11 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 16:01:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=157