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Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy,

Louise Maude (Translator)

Start date: August 1, 2012

Finish date: September 30, 2012

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Jun 25, 2012 Basma Parkar rated it liked it · review of another edition

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

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Dec 11, 2012 David rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I've had this book on my "to read" list as long as I can remember. I had high hopes... I thought it was going to be a Romeo and Juliet-esque story of star-crossed lovers. The dashing Count Vronsky. The beautiful Anna Karenina. True love denied by circumstances of culture and timing. Surely Vronsky is pure of heart. And Anna lights up every room and inspires all others, the reader not least of all, to live a love-filled life.

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Aug 16, 2012 Teresa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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? ...more

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