Anna Karenina (Barnes & Noble Classics)

by Leo Tolstoy

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Series (with order)

Canonical Title

Anna Karenina

Original publication date

1873 to 1877

1918 (English: Maude/Maude)

1886 (English: Dole)

1960 (English: Carmichael)

Important places

Moscow, Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia

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Oprah's Book Club selection (2004)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 54)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003)

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First words

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. (J. Carmichael, 1960)

All happy families resemble one another, every unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion. (N. H. Dole, 1886)

Last words

I'll go on not understanding with my reason why I pray, and go on praying--but from now on my life, my whole life, no matter what happens to me, every second of it, is not only not meaningless as it was before, but it has the incontestable meaning of the goodness I have the power to put into it! (J. Carmichael, 1960)

I shall continue to pray without being able to explain to myself why, but my inward life has conquered its liberty. It will no longer be at the mercy of circumstances ; and my whole life, every moment of my life, will be, not meaningless as before, but full of deep meaning, which I shall have the power to impress on every action. (N. H. Dole, 1886)

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Amazon.com (ISBN 0143035002, Paperback)

Some people say Anna Karenina is the single greatest novel ever written, which makes about as much sense to me as trying to determine the world's greatest color. But there is no doubt that Anna Karenina, generally considered Tolstoy's best book, is definitely one ripping great read. Anna, miserable in her loveless marriage, does the barely thinkable and succumbs to her desires for the dashing Vronsky. I don't want to give away the ending, but I will say that 19th-century Russia doesn't take well to that sort of thing.

(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:58:13 -0500)

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