Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy translated by Constance Garnett (illustrated)

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a tragic novel that follows the rise and fall of the love affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky. The main premise of the eight-part novel as portrayed by its main characters such as Dolly, Kitty and Stiva is the conflict between human desires and societal roles.-Part Three-Illustrated Edition By J. R Wyrhta-Contributors: Leo Tolstoy, Constance Garnett-Remastered Cover-Anna Karenina is a rich and complex meditation on passionate love and disastrous infidelity.-Characters: Vronsky, Anna, DollyVladimir Nabokov called Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina "one of the greatest love stories in world literature." Married to a powerful government minister, Anna Karenina is a beautiful woman who falls deeply in love with a wealthy army officer, the elegant Count Vronsky. Desperate to find truth and meaning in her life, she rashly defies the conventions of Russian society and leaves her husband and son to live with her lover. Condemned and ostracized by her peers and prone to fits of jealousy that alienate Vronsky, Anna finds herself unable to escape an increasingly hopeless situation. Set against this tragic affair is the story of Konstantin Levin, a melancholy landowner whom Tolstoy based largely on himself. While Anna looks for happiness through love, Levin embarks on his own search for spiritual fulfilment through marriage, family, and hard work. Surrounding these two central plot threads are dozens of characters whom Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together, creating a breath-taking tapestry of nineteenth-century Russian society. From its famous opening sentence- "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"-to its stunningly tragic conclusion, this enduring tale of marriage and adultery plumbs the very depths of the human soul. And now this classic with beauty and tenderness (and wit), illuminating them for modern readers. Categories. Classics