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Mary
My second ever reading. I just loved it.
It is a large book and MUST be read slowly. . Tolstoy is indeed the master of an engaging narrative(and we have to thank the wonderful translation by Rosemary Edmonds. A good translation will make or break a book and she is the master of translations.... )
The fact that I remembered certain scenes is interesting and shows what impact Tolstoys writing had upon an English major who was struggling to read many other required tomes at the same time . I find it
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Juliane
Rezension auch hier: http://buechertruhe.blogspot.com/2011...

Meine Meinung:

Dieses Buch zu lesen ist eine Aufgabe. Keinesfalls ist eine Lektüre für zwischendurch. Der Roman nimmt einen mit in die Welt der russischen Gesellschaft im 19ten Jahrhundert. Doch ist es auch nicht langweilig, die Geschichte fesselt und treibt den Leser voran.

Es fällt mir nicht leicht, meine Meinung zusammenzufassen oder überhaupt auszudrücken. "Anna Karenina" ist sehr vielschichtig, dadurch, dass viele Themen angesproche
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Kristi
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Elizabeth
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