January 2010 Good Housekeeping selection.
On My Bookshelf by Wendy Holden...
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is the best in its class – I am a novelist, but for my money the writers of the19th century set the bar for the whole genre. The reason I love it isn’t so much the tragic Anna with ghastly Vronsky, but because of Princess Kitty and Levin. He’s cracked and she’s a bit cosy, but their love affair is just so transportingly romantic.
The description of when they meet at the frozen pond, where she is skating and he can’t even look at her because he feels it would be like looking at the sun, gets me every time. It’s because of these two lovers that I’ve never understood the fuss about Jane Austen’s Elizabeth and Mr Darcy.
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Anna Karenina is a timeless masterpiece by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set in nineteenth-century Russia, it tells the story of Anna Karenina, a beautiful and charismatic socialite who risks everything for a passionate love affair. The novel explores themes of love, marriage, societal expectations, and the consequences of desire. Through vividly drawn characters and richly detailed settings, Tolstoy delves deep into the human condition, offering a nuanced and complex portrait of a society in transition. Features a tragic love affair that is both beautiful and heartbreaking Explores the intersection of personal desire and societal expectations Tolstoy's prose is lyrical and evocative, drawing the reader into the story with vivid imagery and richly detailed settings Deals with themes of love, passion, morality, religion, and the search for meaning, making it a thought-provoking and deeply philosophical work Inspiring countless adaptations and works of art, it remains a touchstone of literary excellence to this day
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Anna Karenina is a timeless masterpiece by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set in nineteenth-century Russia, it tells the story of Anna Karenina, a beautiful and charismatic socialite who risks everything for a passionate love affair.
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Anna Karenina was written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Fingerprint! Publications an imprint of Prakash Books
Anna Karenina has 776 pages
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