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The sweeping love story of two people who defy the conventions of their age to follow the dictates of their hearts. Trapped in a stifling marriage, Anna Karenina is swept off her feet by the dashing Count Vronsky. When the truth about their passionate liaison comes out, Anna's husband is more concerned with keeping up appearances than anything else, but at last he seeks a reluctant divorce. Rejected by society, the two lovers flee to Italy, where Anna finds herself isolated from all except show more the man she loves, and who loves her. But can they live by love alone? In this novel of astonishing scope and grandeur, Leo Tolstoy, the great master of Russian literature, charts the course of the human heart.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. show lessTags
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At first I was a little skeptical of the Frou-Frou/Anna connection, but then I remembered Laura Marling say something similar in “Warrior”, so now I accept it.
I was actually quite impressed, actually.
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I was surprised by the parallels between Anna and Levin.
[I’d thought of them as opposites, foils, you know, like Hamlet and Laertes, or something. “I’m Captain Extrovert!” “Well I’m Captain Introvert!” Actually this *opens the question* of whether the parallels argument is just us *being modern*, or center-left, or something. “Old Russia and New Russia; Pharisees and prodigals, ascetic and sensual—is it really different?”
Deepak Chopra Voice: One day you will discover the glory of, All show more That Is.
Which opens up several other cans of worms I’m not prepared to dissect.] show less
I was actually quite impressed, actually.
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I was surprised by the parallels between Anna and Levin.
[I’d thought of them as opposites, foils, you know, like Hamlet and Laertes, or something. “I’m Captain Extrovert!” “Well I’m Captain Introvert!” Actually this *opens the question* of whether the parallels argument is just us *being modern*, or center-left, or something. “Old Russia and New Russia; Pharisees and prodigals, ascetic and sensual—is it really different?”
Deepak Chopra Voice: One day you will discover the glory of, All show more That Is.
Which opens up several other cans of worms I’m not prepared to dissect.] show less
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