Bibliograph

Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy

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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Anna Karenina

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Oclc number

811618909

Responsibility statement

by Leo Tolstoy

Summary

Sensual, rebellious Anna falls deeply and passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husband--and Russian high society--would condone, she is doomed. Set against the tragic love of Anna and Vronsky, the plight of the melancholy nobleman Konstantine Levin unfolds. In doubt about the meaning of life--a mirror of Tolstoy's own spiritual crisis--Konstantine is haunted by thoughts of suicide. A magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, Anna Karenina tells the story of two characters whose emotional instincts conflict with the dominant social mores of their time

Target audience

adult

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