| Anna Karenina Contributor(s): Tolstoy, Leo (Author), Bartlett, Rosamund (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198800533 ISBN-13: 9780198800538 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Collections | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" (1.75 lbs) 896 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 702 Reading Level: 9.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 69.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At its simplest, Anna Karenina is a love story. It is a portrait of a beautiful and intelligent woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties - to her marriage and to the network of relationships and moral values that bind the society around her. The love affair of Anna and Vronsky is played out alongside the developing romance of Kitty and Levin, and in the character of Levin, closely based on Tolstoy himself, the search for happiness takes on a deeper philosophical significance. One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina combines penetrating psychological insight with an encyclopedic depiction of Russian life in the 1870s. The novel takes us from high society St Petersburg to the threshing fields on Levin's estate, with unforgettable scenes at a Moscow ballroom, the skating rink, a race course, a railway station. It creates an intricate labyrinth of connections that is profoundly satisfying, and deeply moving. Rosamund Bartlett's translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. Like her acclaimed biography of Tolstoy, it is vivid, nuanced, and compelling. |