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Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude

Anna Karenina

Paperback (Vintage Classics July 9, 2010)
"One of the greatest love stories in world literature." —Vladimir Nabokov In a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against the backdrop of Russian high society, Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Although she initially resists his charms Anna eventually succumbs, falling passionately in love and setting in motion a chain of events that lead to her downfall. In this extraordinary novel, Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together the lives of dozens of characters, while evoking a love so strong that those who experience it are prepared to die for it.
Series
Vintage Classics
ISBN
0099540665 / 9780099540663
Pages
992
Weight
19.2 oz.
Dimensions
5.0 x 1.5 in.

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