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Anna Karenina
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Start date
April 1, 2015
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April 30, 2015
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Group Read Archive 2014-16
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Classic Group Read - April 2015

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What Members Thought

Talyah
"In order to forgive, one must have lived through what I have lived through, and may God spare her that."

Oh, Anna.

(Just a warning about this edition: There are spoilers in the Intro)!

There were parts I loved and there were parts I was bored by. But that has to be expected with an 800 page book.

I guess my only complaint is that I wish the story would have focused more on Anna than Levin, especially given that the book is named after her. I loved Anna, despite her flaws. I could relate to
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Candy Tiley
Read a long time ago but I remember the power of the words evoking a sense of tragedy.
Will Holcomb
Dec 01, 2013 rated it it was ok
Gave up on the audio after about 3 hours and couldn't see the story going anywhere. Let me know if I gave up too soon. ...more
Dianne
Sep 09, 2013 rated it really liked it
This was a pleasant surprise, David copperfield actually put me off reading classics.
Now I feel I have missed out, this was a beautifully detailed read. It looks at lives of the characters, social standing, relationships and shows what complicated things we are.
A must read.
Lucy
Jan 01, 2013 rated it liked it
Wow. Just Wow.
Dawn
Jul 10, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Noname
Jul 19, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Miss
Aug 16, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Lubna Sayed
Sep 20, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Robert
Jan 07, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Anki
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Mickey
Feb 24, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: must-reads
Lenners
Mar 21, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Chris Lim
May 17, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Chinook
Aug 02, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1001, 1-kindle
Kathy
Aug 20, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Rhiannon
Sep 29, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Joana
Nov 06, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Robert
May 15, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: the-booklovers
Lauren
Jan 01, 2014 rated it liked it
Andrei88
Oct 15, 2014 marked it as to-read
SarahA
Dec 29, 2014 marked it as to-read
Kristy
May 22, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Laura Patton
Jun 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
Dymphna
Jan 08, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition