Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing oficer, Count Vro... (more)

Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing oficer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for generations to come.e world's literary masterpieces. Includes an illuminating Introduction and explanatory notes. (less)

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Anna Karenina is beautiful, married to a successful man, and has a son whom she adores. But a chance meeting at a train ... (more)

Anna Karenina is beautiful, married to a successful man, and has a son whom she adores. But a chance meeting at a train station in Moscow sets her passionate heart alight, and she is defenseless in the face of Count Vronsky's adoration. Having defied the rules of 19th-century Russian society, Anna is forced to pay a heavy price. (less)

Tolstoy{u2019}s romantic Anna, long-suffering Karenin, dashing Vronsky, and dozens of their family members, friends, and... (more)

Tolstoy{u2019}s romantic Anna, long-suffering Karenin, dashing Vronsky, and dozens of their family members, friends, and neighbors are among the most vivid characters in world literature. In the thought-provoking Introduction to this volume, Gary Saul Morson provides unusual insights into these characters, exploring what they reveal about Tolstoy{u2019}s radical conclusions on romantic love, intellectual dishonesty, the nature of happiness, the course of true evil, and more. For readers at every stage{u2014}from students first encountering Anna to literary professionals revisiting the novel{u2014}this volume will stand as the English reader{u2019}s clear first choice. (less)

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In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy moved away from the vast historical sweep of War and peace to tell, with extraordinary underst... (more)

In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy moved away from the vast historical sweep of War and peace to tell, with extraordinary understanding, the story of an aristocratic woman who brings ruin on herself. Anna's tragedy is interwoven with the courtship and marriage of Kitty and Levin as well as the lives of many other characters. Rich in incident, powerful in characterization, the novel also expresses Tolstoy's own moral vision. (less)

Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vr... (more)

Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for generations to come. (less)

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Literature Guides Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: chapter-by-chapter analysis explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols a review quiz and essay topics Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers. (less)

Anna Karenina and Count Alexey Vronsky meet and fall in love, though they are both committed to other people. Leo Tolsto... (more)

Anna Karenina and Count Alexey Vronsky meet and fall in love, though they are both committed to other people. Leo Tolstoy's novel of adultery and social politics reveals the changing Russian culture of the 1870s. (less)

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Anna Karenina, as well as its importance and critical reception. Include... (more)

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Anna Karenina, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author. (less)

Presents the working out of the parallel moral and religious dilemmas of Anna Karenina with her soldier-lover, Vronsky, ... (more)

Presents the working out of the parallel moral and religious dilemmas of Anna Karenina with her soldier-lover, Vronsky, and Konstantin Levin with his young, very loving wife, Kitty. (less)

Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vr... (more)

Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. (less)

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Helen McCrory (Penny Dreadful, Peaky Blinders) stars in this adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's timeless tale of love and betra... (more)

Helen McCrory (Penny Dreadful, Peaky Blinders) stars in this adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's timeless tale of love and betrayal in 19th century Russia. After a train journey to Moscow, married aristocrat Anna Karenina (McCrory) encounters dashing soldier Count Vronsky (Kevin McKidd, Grey's Anatomy, Trainspotting), and the two begin a passionate affair. With gossip rife among society's elite, Anna's husband (Stephen Dillane, Game of Thrones) discovers their indiscretions, setting off a fateful chain of events. Adapted by award-winning writer Allan Cubitt (The Fall), this period drama offers a fresh perspective on the classic story with modern style and arresting visuals. The excellent ensemble cast also features Douglas Henshall (Shetland) as landowner Levin, unhappy suitor to the beautiful Princess Kitty (Paloma Baeza, Far from the Madding Crowd), and Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Imitation Game) as Anna's womanizing brother, with Amanda Root (Persuasion) as his long-suffering wife. (less)

This multiple award-winning Vakhtangov Theatre production of Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece, Anna Karenina tells the story en... (more)

This multiple award-winning Vakhtangov Theatre production of Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece, Anna Karenina tells the story entirely in contemporary dance. In this way, Cholina succeeds in finding the equivalent of Tolstoy's words in harmony and movement, with every gesture holding meaning. The music of Alfred Schnittke helps to reveal the characters and their depth, together with elegance and mood. A crowd favorite in Moscow which plays to sold-out houses month after month, this meticulously detailed and gorgeous Anna Karenina is an example of the new Russian theater scene, fearlessly focusing on the visceral, allowing audience members to form their own interpretations. (less)

A spectacular, breathtaking, high-tech musical production based on the masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy. The dramatic and tumu... (more)

A spectacular, breathtaking, high-tech musical production based on the masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy. The dramatic and tumultuous love story between the married ANNA KARENINA and a dashing military officer, Alexey Vronsky, takes place amidst the glitter and luxury of the Russian nobility in the second half of the 19th century. The musical's characters struggle with overwhelming of love and betrayal, passion and duty, hope and desperation. Although almost a century and a half has passed since the time of the story, the events unfolding before the audience are gripping and touching in their timeless quality. Captured on film before a live audience from the Moscow Operetta Theatre. (less)

Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the a... (more)

Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent and handsome Count Vronsky. Tolstoy's novel adaptation. (less)

In 19th century Russian's high society elite, an aristocrat, Anna Karenina, has a chance meeting that will alter her lif... (more)

In 19th century Russian's high society elite, an aristocrat, Anna Karenina, has a chance meeting that will alter her life. (less)

Tragedy strikes as Anna and the Count find their passionate affair challenged by society. (more)

Tragedy strikes as Anna and the Count find their passionate affair challenged by society. (less)