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Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Start date: March 6, 2022

Finish date: June 11, 2022

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Why we're reading this: Group Read 03/06/22 - 06/11/22

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Feb 02, 2013 Boni rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Magnificent literary work!

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Feb 21, 2011 Amy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, favorites

It's been a while since I read Anna Karenina; but I adored it, and the characters of Anna, Vronsky, Kitty and Konstantin have remained with me.
When I read it, I remember really loving Anna, I get the feeling you're probably supposed to dislike her for abandoning her family on the chance to explore and affair with Vronsky, which ends with her becoming hideously paranoid about his fidelity. However, I found the passion displayed in their relationship far more interesting than that of Kitty and Kon ...more

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Jan 30, 2011 Oven Joy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It's really hard to figure out what the point of this huge book is until you've reached the very end... But you won't get it, I'm sure, unless you've made that journey with all the characters along the way. A masterpiece; I will be reading Anna Karenina again and again. ...more

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Jul 30, 2011 aotel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Spectacular. One of the great loves in my life along with Madame Bovary and Tess. I love these women; they stll live with me and I make love to them at night!

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