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Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Start date: March 6, 2022

Finish date: June 11, 2022

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Dec 07, 2016 Andrea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-chunkster, fiction-general, list-1001-books, literature-russian, read-sorted

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 ...more

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Jul 24, 2012 Laura rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-19th-century, read-2012, audio-books, drama, historical-fiction, russian-fiction, book-and-movie

How to resist to this great BBC dramatization?

From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
In 19th century Russia, a bored high society wife embarks on a love affair. Teresa Gallagher and Toby Stephens star in Tolstoy's love story set in 19th century Russia.

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Mar 26, 2016 Tango rated it it was amazing

What could I possibly say that hasn't already been said? This book explores so many aspects of what it means to be human and the characters are so complex and real that it is difficult to write anything new or original. This was my first Tolstoy and whilst I won't be rushing into another just yet I will definitely get around to reading them sometime. ...more

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Jun 04, 2010 Leslie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Sep 02, 2012 Mary Paul rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I admit I didn't expect to like this, as I hadn't much enjoyed the other Russians I've read, but rather than being grandiose and overbearing morality, the beauty of this piece is the humanity of small moments: the stupidity and wonder of a new marriage, the conflicting emotions and suffering accompanying the convalescence and death of a loved one, the small slights which can be fostered into mad self-harm and suicide. I felt this was a genuine and true glimpse of humanity and the foolish things ...more

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