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The COVID-19 self-isolation finally gave me an opportunity to read Anna Karenina, which has been sitting unread on my shelf for probably close to a decade. I am glad that I finally got a chance to read it. I enjoyed the story but felt it was probably a couple of hundred pages too long.
19th century Russia. Anna is in a loveless marriage and enters into an affair. There is a lot of discussion of politics and philosophizing. If the story had been a bit more focused I probably would have enjoyed it ...more
19th century Russia. Anna is in a loveless marriage and enters into an affair. There is a lot of discussion of politics and philosophizing. If the story had been a bit more focused I probably would have enjoyed it ...more
Well, I certainly feel like it was an accomplishment to finish this huge beast of a book! I listened to this as an audiobook and man oh man it took awhile to get through this giant tome. My goodness, it felt like 3 or 4 books in one. The initial third was interesting and I was curious about the story. I
particularly liked the story line with Kitty and Levin. However, as time dragged on in this book. I got annoyed at the sexism and really mad at the frustrating behavior of some of the characters ...more
particularly liked the story line with Kitty and Levin. However, as time dragged on in this book. I got annoyed at the sexism and really mad at the frustrating behavior of some of the characters ...more
So far I'm reminded both of Jane Austen, because of Tolstoy's eye for telling detail and sly critique of the cruelties and pettiness of 'society', and of Madame Bovary, another tragic woman whose mistake was to desire love.
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I could give this the full five stars if I had access to a machine that would allow me to travel through time to hit Levin with a shoe a little bit.
A Better Book Title, suggested by my husband: Anna Karenina (But Mostly Some Asshole).
A Better Book Title, suggested by my husband: Anna Karenina (But Mostly Some Asshole).
I understand why Anna Karenina is a classic, beloved and incredibly respected epic, I do. That being said, for one who has no stomach for long descriptions, exhausting self-meditations or philosophical conversations it's very tiresome. And seriously, by the end there, Anna was insufferable. Sigh... I need a light read now!
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I disliked this book immensely. I just don't do Russian authors, I guess. It was depressing, it was full of sin and consequences of sin, I hated the ending...blah! Granted, I read this book in high school...I might feel differently about it as an adult...if I could bring myself to pick it up again!
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Russian soap opera at its finest. Maudlin, sentimental, treacly, and absolutely wonderful.
For the life of me, I cannot get past the first 50 pages of this book!
Jun 10, 2008
akaellen
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
Shelves:
rorys-book-club,
bbc-big-read
Apr 15, 2013
Karlen HK
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
classics,
500plus-club
