Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. This acclaimed modern translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky won the PEN/ Book of the Month Club Translation Prize in 2001. Their translation is accompanied in this edition by an introduction by Richard Pevear and a preface by John Bayley 'The new and brilliantly witty translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is a must' - Lisa Appignanesi, Independent, Books of the Year 'Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English, and their superb rendering allows us, as perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of Tolstoy's "characters, acts, situations"' - James Wood, New Yorker.. Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,”. Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust and sometimes shocking qualities of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This authoritative edition, which received the PEN Translation Prize and was an Oprah Book Club™ selection, also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable. Anna Karenina Tolstoy will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. Subject: anna tolstoy karenina leo classic by book books hardcover maude baby penguin classics special kerinana russian anne ana of literature paperback

Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy's immortal tale of forbidden love in Czarist Russia, has been told many times and in many languages. It is the tragic story of a married woman and her affair with Count Vronsky. The novel explores a diverse range of topics throughout its pages. Some of these topics include an evaluation of the feudal system that existed in Russia at the time -- politics, not only in the Russian government but also at the level of the individual characters and families, religion, morality, gender and social class. We give the readers the opportunity to read “Anna Karenina “ in English and Russian languages. We provide an English translation by Constance Garnett after the original Russian text. English version in volume 1, Russian version in Volume 2. A great way to practice your reading skills and expand Russian vocabulary is through reading original written works by famous Russian authors.

Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy's immortal tale of forbidden love in Czarist Russia, has been told many times and in many languages. It is the tragic story of a married woman and her affair with Count Vronsky. The novel explores a diverse range of topics throughout its pages. Some of these topics include an evaluation of the feudal system that existed in Russia at the time -- politics, not only in the Russian government but also at the level of the individual characters and families, religion, morality, gender and social class. We give the readers the opportunity to read “Anna Karenina “ in English and Russian languages. We provide an English translation by Constance Garnett after the original Russian text. English version in volume 1, Russian version in Volume 2. A great way to practice your reading skills and expand Russian vocabulary is through reading original written works by famous Russian authors.

Set in mid-19th-century Russia, this book tells the story of a married woman's passion for a young officer and of her tragic fate.

Anna Karenina ist eine sowjetische Verfilmung des gleichnamigen Romans von Lew Tolstoi aus dem Jahr 1967. Regie führte Alexander Sarchi. Anna Karenina ist neben Effi Briest und Madame Bovary die wohl berühmteste Ehebrecherin der Weltliteratur. Glücklos mit einem hohen Beamten verheiratet, verfällt die bezaubernde, kluge und sanftmütige Anna dem jungen Offizier Graf Wronski in unwiderstehlicher Liebe. Eine leidenschaftliche Affäre, die sie weder vor ihrem Mann noch vor der Gesellschaft verheimlicht, nimmt ihren Lauf. Anna Karenina ist bereit, dieser Liebe alles zu opfern … Alle glücklichen Familien gleichen einander, jede unglückliche Familie ist auf ihre eigene Weise unglücklich.« Anna Karenina führt ein sorgloses Leben in St. Petersburg. Sie scheint alles zu haben, doch glücklich ist sie nicht. Als der charmante und gutaussehende Graf Wronskij in ihr Leben tritt, verfällt sie ihm in leidenschaftlicher Liebe. Sie bekennt sich zu ihm – und setzt damit alles auf's Spiel … Anna Karenina ist ein großes Buch sehr empfehlenswert zu lesen... anna karenina tolstoi buch leo russische russisch romane deutsch roman gebunden klassiker bcher anaconda literatur gebundene book anne hardcover moskau siebenbrgen petersburg ana reclam erzhlungen literaturklassiker insel ber ausgabe adel russischer mnchen russland gesellschaftsroman weltliteratur de belletristik liebesromane ein deutscher die deutschen vor classic klassische hauptwerke der russischen und morales ehebruch deutsche

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At its simplest, Anna Karenina is a love story. It is a portrait of a beautiful and intelligent woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties - to her marriage and to the network of relationships and moral values that bind the society around her. The love affair of Anna and Vronsky is played out alongside the developing romance of Kitty and Levin, and in the character of Levin, closely based on Tolstoy himself, the search for happiness takes on a deeper philosophical significance. One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina combines penetrating psychological insight with an encyclopedic depiction of Russian life in the 1870s. The novel takes us from high society St Petersburg to the threshing fields on Levin's estate, with unforgettable scenes at a Moscow ballroom, the skating rink, a race course, a railway station. It creates an intricate labyrinth of connections that is profoundly satisfying, and deeply moving. Rosamund Bartlett's translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. Like her acclaimed biography of Tolstoy, it is vivid, nuanced, and compelling.

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In a provincial village far from Paris, a doctor named Charles Bovary marries a beautiful farm girl: Emma. She rapidly grows bored with him and takes a rich landowner as a lover. When her lover rejects her, she takes up with a law clerk. Her husband knows nothing of her romances, nor does he know that Emma has ruined him with her waste, poor management, and self-indulgence...Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk

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In a provincial village far from Paris, a doctor named Charles Bovary marries a beautiful farm girl: Emma. She rapidly grows bored with him and takes a rich landowner as a lover. When her lover rejects her, she takes up with a law clerk. Her husband knows nothing of her romances, nor does he know that Emma has ruined him with her waste, poor management, and self-indulgence...Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk

In a provincial village far from Paris, a doctor named Charles Bovary marries a beautiful farm girl: Emma. She rapidly grows bored with him and takes a rich landowner as a lover. When her lover rejects her, she takes up with a law clerk. Her husband knows nothing of her romances, nor does he know that Emma has ruined him with her waste, poor management, and self-indulgence...Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk

In a provincial village far from Paris, a doctor named Charles Bovary marries a beautiful farm girl: Emma. She rapidly grows bored with him and takes a rich landowner as a lover. When her lover rejects her, she takes up with a law clerk. Her husband knows nothing of her romances, nor does he know that Emma has ruined him with her waste, poor management, and self-indulgence...Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk

In a provincial village far from Paris, a doctor named Charles Bovary marries a beautiful farm girl: Emma. She rapidly grows bored with him and takes a rich landowner as a lover. When her lover rejects her, she takes up with a law clerk. Her husband knows nothing of her romances, nor does he know that Emma has ruined him with her waste, poor management, and self-indulgence...Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk

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Certainly controversial when it is was first published, “The Awakening” deals with a woman’s struggle to assert her own identity and to deal honestly with her own artistic and sexual needs. Her search is clearly expressed in the passage, “I would give up the unessential; I would give up my money, I would give up my life for my children; but I wouldn’t give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me.” Groundbreaking in 1899, it remains an important statement of the human condition; “that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.”

“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.” --- Kate Chopin, The Awakening The Awakening Kate CHOPIN (1850 - 1904) Kate Chopin's 1899 novella The Awakening is about the personal, sexual, and artistic awakening of a young wife and mother, Edna Pontellier. While on vacation at Grand Isle, an island in the Gulf of Mexico, Edna befriends the talented pianist Mlle. Reisz and the sympathetic Robert Lebrun, both of whom will influence her startling life choices. Chopin's novel created a scandal upon its original publication and effectively destroyed her writing career. Now, however, it is considered one of the finest American novels of the 19th century.