About this book
"Anna Karenina" by graf Leo Tolstoy is a novel first published in book form in 1878. The story follows Anna, a married socialite in Imperial Russian society, whose extramarital affair with cavalry officer Count Vronsky scandalizes Saint Petersburg and forces them to flee to Italy. A parallel narrative traces landowner Konstantin Levin's pursuit of marriage and his struggles with faith and estate management. The novel explores themes of betrayal, family, marriage, desire, and the clash between rural and urban life against Russia's rapid social transformation.
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Details
- Author
- Leo Tolstoy, 1828–1910
- Translator
- Constance Garnett, 1861–1946
- Written
- 1878
- Form
- Novel
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Novels, Classics of Literature, Russian Literature
- Reading level
- Fairly easy to read
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- 1 July 1998, on Project Gutenberg
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