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Anna Karenina is the tragic story of a married aristocrat/socialite and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story opens when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though she would experience less tolerance by others.
It is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. ...more
It is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. ...more
married...affair...death...affair...married?...political machinations...crime...punishment...death. In one word...selfish.
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
What a best sentence to foreshadow the story! I just loved the story and the characters of this book. The only reason why I gave the book four stars instead of five was because it was a bit too long for my taste, but that's no fault of Tolstoy because I realize he couldn't have told the story of this complexity in less pages. My initial reaction was "What a drama! Everyone seems so vain!" Then I had to pull myself back ...more
What a best sentence to foreshadow the story! I just loved the story and the characters of this book. The only reason why I gave the book four stars instead of five was because it was a bit too long for my taste, but that's no fault of Tolstoy because I realize he couldn't have told the story of this complexity in less pages. My initial reaction was "What a drama! Everyone seems so vain!" Then I had to pull myself back ...more
lovely classic though I never believed the ending-women don't usually commit 'messy' suicide, especially Anna, I think she would have coreographed the whole thing in her boudoir, kinda like a Russian Cleopatra
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I've read this book three times over a period of 15 years and have the same comment--get over it already and make a decision!
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I love this book, I used to be Anna.
Feb 28, 2008
Heather
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it was amazing
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Mar 12, 2008
Potjy
marked it as to-find
Jul 17, 2009
Emanuela
marked it as to-read
Dec 07, 2009
Leslie
marked it as to-read
Jun 04, 2010
ellen kozyra
rated it
really liked it
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Jul 22, 2011
Jane
marked it as to-read
Sep 14, 2011
David Cerruti
marked it as to-read
