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Tolstoy and I might differ on some opinions about education, women, or urbanization, but I have to give it to him in human psyche department. If you're scared of Anna Karenina, don't be. It's one of the easiest classics I've read, but it takes patience due to sheer volume. Tolstoy liked to talk, obviously, and sometimes he dragged out a topic for a few chapters too many, which made it an uneven narrative for me. However, when he manages to grip you, he doesn't let go, and the pages filled with t
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Yea! I'm done! And it only took 11 months!
I'm glad that I read this, because it's a classic and it challenged me, and it gave me an insight into a time in history and place that I didn't know much about, but dang is it long and depressing.
One thing I can't figure out, is why the title is Anna Karenina. Likely, she is the most tragic character, but by far not the most interesting.
For Russian literature, and a 900 page book, it was very accessible. That might be the translation that I was readi ...more
I'm glad that I read this, because it's a classic and it challenged me, and it gave me an insight into a time in history and place that I didn't know much about, but dang is it long and depressing.
One thing I can't figure out, is why the title is Anna Karenina. Likely, she is the most tragic character, but by far not the most interesting.
For Russian literature, and a 900 page book, it was very accessible. That might be the translation that I was readi ...more
I really looked forward to reading this book, but was a little disappointed that I was not drawn into the story of Anna and Vronsky as I expected I would be. For some reason, I could not feel what she was feeling, and as a result did not feel much empathy for her situation. I did, however, really enjoy Levin's storyline. I did not realize that the book contained such a significant separate story from Anna's (I suppose since the title of the book is named after a single character, I assumed the e
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This is one of my all time favourite books.
