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Anna Karenina
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January 14, 2012
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March 1, 2012
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Why we're reading this
This is the Depths of Winter buddy read for January. This will run around 6 weeks.

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Trina
Mar 21, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction-general
Anna Karenina is a far more complex, tragic character than Emma Bovary, yet Madame Bovary always gets called a great novel! I prefer Anna Karenina. She isn't insipid or snivelling; she is aristocratic and caught in "an impossible situation" when she must choose between the love of a handsome officer and the loss of her young son if she tries to leave her unhappy marriage to an older man. ...more
Kasper
Absolutely brilliant. This dauntingly long but completely accessible tale about love and social constraints encompasses the major events in the course of a human life. Tolstoy's insights, about everything from the smallest misunderstanding to the question about the existence of God, are wise and well put. One quickly grows fond of his characters, and my favorite thing about 'Anna Karenina' would probably be the author's empathetic observations on what goes on inside their minds. The best novel I ...more
Shahrazad
May 03, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
This book is so amazing. I thought this is the best book i've ever read

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Debra
Mar 14, 2012 rated it did not like it
It took me 18 years and 5 copies of this to get this book to finish it..It is such dry reading I would read a few pages and move on to another novel…this time I said I’m going to finish it or die trying…

Finished it on 1/4/24…
Ray
Feb 11, 2012 rated it liked it
Lucia Abascal
Feb 14, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Catherine
Feb 25, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: novels, classics, to-buy
Sara
Mar 01, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Mar 12, 2012 marked it as to-read
Cam
Mar 21, 2012 rated it did not like it
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Kristina Karyoti
Mar 28, 2012 marked it as to-read
Ana
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Melissa Hoyle
May 03, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shashank Singh
May 07, 2012 marked it as to-read
Linda Timmons
May 18, 2012 marked it as to-read
Xiri
May 20, 2012 is currently reading it
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Sharon Purvis
Jun 19, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Zoe
Jun 28, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Amanda Amidon
Jul 09, 2012 rated it liked it
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Azer
Jul 21, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Sep 29, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jada Stuart
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Oct 29, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Ana
Dec 30, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Jan 14, 2013 rated it liked it
Xiri
Jan 17, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition