Anna Karenina

Overview

Anna Karenina has been described as the perfect Russian novel. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Anna Karenina is defenceless against the power of her passions once they are unleashed by the adoration of Count Vronsky. Having defied the rules of nineteenth-century Russian society, Anna is forced to pay a heavy price. Human nature, with all its failings, is the fabric of which this great and passionate work is composed.

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Bio of Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy was of noble birth and was educated at Kazan University. He spent some time in the military, taking part in the Crimean War in 1851. He travelled to Germany and Switzerland in 1857 and, on his return, started a school at Yasnaya Polyana. He married in 1862 and embarked on his remarkable writing career. His first published work was The Cossacks in 1852. He published his masterpiece, War and Peace, in 1869 and followed with Anna Karenina in 1877. His other works of importance include The Death of Ivan Ilyitch (1884), Confession (1882), The Kreutzer Sonata (1890), What is Art? (1898) and Resurrection (1899). His greatest play was The Power of Darkness (1886) and he wrote numerous short stories and essays.

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Imprint

CONNECT eBooks Classics

Filesize

3.73 MB

Number of Pages

N/A

eBook ISBN

9781434001481