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Karine
Soms te technisch (landbouw in Rusland, het economische en politieke stelsel) en soms te melodramatisch naar mijn zin, maar bovenal een goed boek natuurlijk.
De zieleroerselen van de hoofdpersonages worden volledig blootgelegd; de mentale processen van de geestelijke vervollediging van de éne, en van de ondergang van de andere zijn stapsgewijs te volgen.

Een of andere wiskundige heeft gezegd dat het genot niet in het vinden van de waarheid ligt maar in het zoeken ernaar. (p187)

Ook in de kleine Dui
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Carl
Jun 09, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina


Anna Karenina is a long book, but despite its length manages to perfectly balance every character and their ongoing storylines without ever feeling like a drag. You truly feel that, when reading Anna Karenina you have been on a long journey with these characters you have known for many years. Following them as they live their lives and seeing how they change and adapt to the world around them.

Anna Karenina is a vis
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Brandy
Mar 06, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Absolutely loved this book!! Like always I found it much better than the movie. Incredible story. Tolstoy has a way of communicating such raw human emotion you become tethered to the characters. Feeling love, disappointment and loss as they do.
Staci
Oct 16, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Now I must read more Tolstoy! I wonder if he blogs....
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Shelves: 1001-books
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Shelves: 1001-books
Joanna Brauckmann
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Shelves: oprah
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