Anna Karenina in Read a book from each country

Nov 17, 2013 Carmen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: he-says, classics, favorites, fiction, traditionally-published, published1877

Amazing book. I expected something very difficult, that I would have to slog through. Was I ever surprised! This book blew me out of the water!

P.S. I have been thinking about this a lot. I read this book and loved it. But was I missing something because I didn't read it in Russian? Or, the better question is, how MUCH of it's awesomeness am I missing because I'm reading it in English?

I'm actually very sad now that I can't (currently) read Russian. ...more

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Sep 19, 2015 Simon Hollway rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015, russia

Baaah....just can't get through it. What happened to the fascinating soubrette in The Family Happiness, driving forward the plot and sucking the oxygen out of an already claustrophobic atmosphere with just a flick of her wrist and the arch of an eyebrow? And where is all the captivating action from War and Peace? Mrs Karenina just doesn't deliver...the scenery creaks as the flats are wheeled out, new ones shunted on but the players and the situation remain the same: opulent, ossified and detache ...more

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Mar 18, 2014 Albaraa Najjar rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fiction, russia, r

لكل رواية جمالها ولكل روائي طريقته ولكن الجميع يحاول أن يعيش حياته، تجاربه، خيالاته ومن ثم يقوم بوصفها ومحاولة ايصالها بما تشاء قدراته إليك كقارئ و دائماً ما توجد فجوة ما .. احساسك بالشخصيات وأنهم يعيشون مغامرة ما ولكنهم هم، هم وانت، انت ..
تولستوي تغلب على هذه الفجوة. تولستوي كان عظيماً عن طريق معرفته المذهلة بالبشر، تفكيرهم، حركاتهم وكل تفاصيلهم لدرجة وصفه للأحداث والمشاهد كأنه إله يقلب المشهد بين يديه، يدخل في عقل كل شخصية يعيش مشاعرها وتجاربها ويصفها لك ومن ثم يذهب الى شخصية أخرى. وهكذا ستعي ...more

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Oct 02, 2013 Louise rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: all-time-favourites, translated-from-other-language

Good thing I read the book before I saw the film. The film is appalling, one of the worst book-to-film adaptations I've ever seen.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEE this book though! ...more

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