Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
Anna Karenina has beauty, social position, wealth, a husband, and an adored son, but her existence seems empty. When she meets the dashing officer Count Vronsky she rejects her marriage and turns to him to fulfill her passionate nature--with devastating results. One of the world's greatest novels, Anna Karenina is both an immortal drama of personal conflict and social scandal and a vivid, richly textured panorama of nineteenth-century Russia. While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced a magnificent translation that is true to his powerful voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction, a list of principal characters, suggestions for further reading, and full explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Kareninawill be the definitive rendition for generations to come.
- Pages
- 864
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- ISBN
- 0143035002