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Washington Square - Reading Schedule
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Tolstoy has taken two protagonists and created a story that makes their lives go in completely opposite directions. Elegant, self-possessed Anna throws away her suffocating marriage and beloved son for the love of another man, laying the path for her own destruction. Levin, on the other hand, broken-hearted, and self-doubting builds his life and wins back his love.
There are parts in the book with long discourses on politics, farming, religion etc. These are the parts where I got bored because of ...more
There are parts in the book with long discourses on politics, farming, religion etc. These are the parts where I got bored because of ...more
I loved this book! I don't know I never read it before. It was the August/September choice for the Reading the Classics group and I finished way, way early. I just couldn't put it down. Now am at loss without something of this quality to read. What next?
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Jan 29, 2010
Catherine
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This is a 3 1/2 as opposed to a 3. Felt the need to clarify that.
Jan 10, 2011
Kelley
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