"One of the greatest love stories in world literature."Vladimir Nabokov "Anna Karenina is a perfect work of art. This novel contains a humane message that has not yet been heeded in Europe and that is much needed by the people of the western world."Fyodor Dostoevsky "The truth is we are not to take Anna Karenina as a work of art we are to take it as a piece of life."Matthew Arnold Although love and infidelity are a major themes of Leo Tolstoys epic Russian novel Anna Karenina (1877), there is a startling scope of philosophical and theological insight within the pages of this monumental work. The pinnacle of the realist novel, the commonplace lives and frustrations of the characters within Anna Karenina are woven together in parallel subtexts that ask difficult questions. The story of the extramarital affair between Anna Karenina and the young bachelor Count Vronsky is at the center of this complex work of literature. When Annas husband discovers the infidelity of his wife, his primary concern is not the wellbeing of his marriage, but his own selfimage. The downward spiral of Annas illicit behavior is paralleled with the story of Kitty and Konstantin Levin, who is a wealthy agriculturalist but somewhat socially clumsy figure. Levin and Kittys love is unblemished, yet his struggles with faith and his unrelenting philosophical questioning paint a profound portrait of internal anguish. This classic novel examines the depth of the human soul against the backdrop of 19thcentury...

Binding: Hardcover;782 pages; Publisher: Mint Editions; Classification: FA; Weight: 1200 g; Dimensions: 135 x 211 x 57

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