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Anna Karenina (Signet Classics)

by Leo Tolstoy

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Synopsis:

The sensual, rebellious Anna renounces a respectable yet stifling marriage for an affair that offers passion even as it ensnares her for destruction. Her story contrasts with that of Levin, a young, self- doubting agnostic who takes a different path to fulfillment.

Synopsis:

Considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century, Tolstoy's startling yet powerful story of adultery and its aftermath, of the human need for love and happiness, and of the unyielding demands of society now features a new Introduction. Reissue.

About the Author

Count Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia. Orphaned at nine, he was brought up by an elderly aunt and educated by French tutors until he matriculated at Kazan University in 1844. In 1847, he gave up his studies and, after several aimless years, volunteered for military duty in the army, serving as a junior officer in the Crimean War before retiring in 1857. In 1862, Tolstoy married Sophie Behrs, a marriage that was to become, for him, bitterly unhappy. His diary, started in 1847, was used for self-study and self-criticism; it served as the source from which he drew much of the material that appeared not only in his great novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), but also in his shorter works. Seeking religious justification for his life, Tolstoy evolved a new Christianity based upon his own interpretation of the Gospels. Yasnaya Polyana became a mecca for his many converts At the age of eighty-two, while away from home, the writer suffered a break down in his health in Astapovo, Riazan, and he died there on November 20, 1910.

David Magarshack was known for his many translations from his native Russian, including works by Dostoyevsky.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780451528612
Translator:
Meyer, Priscilla
Introduction:
Magarshack, David
Introduction by:
Meyer, Priscilla
Introduction:
Meyer, Priscilla
Author:
Tolstoy, Leo
Author:
Meyer, Priscilla
Author:
Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich
Author:
Magarshack, David
Publisher:
Signet Classics
Location:
New York
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Russian & Former Soviet Union
Subject:
Adultery
Subject:
Married women
Subject:
Russia
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
Edition Description:
B-Mass Market
Series:
Signet Classics
Series Volume:
107-548
Publication Date:
20021131
Binding:
MASS MARKET
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
960
Dimensions:
6.87x4.21x1.44 in. .89 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18

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"Synopsis" by , The sensual, rebellious Anna renounces a respectable yet stifling marriage for an affair that offers passion even as it ensnares her for destruction. Her story contrasts with that of Levin, a young, self- doubting agnostic who takes a different path to fulfillment.

"Synopsis" by , Considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century, Tolstoy's startling yet powerful story of adultery and its aftermath, of the human need for love and happiness, and of the unyielding demands of society now features a new Introduction. Reissue.
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