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Sensual, rebellious Anna falls deeply and passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husband—and Russian high society—would condone, she is doomed. Set against the tragic love of Anna and Vronsky, the plight of the melancholy nobleman Konstantine Levin unfolds. In doubt about the meaning of life—a mirror of Tolstoy's own spiritual crisis—Konstantine is haunted by thoughts of suicide. Through these and other characters, Tolstoy weaves a vast and rich tapestry of nineteenth-century Russian society.
A magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, Anna Karenina tells the story of two characters whose emotional instincts conflict with the dominant social mores of their time.
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Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 at Yasnaya Polyana in central Russia and educated privately. He studied Oriental languages and law at the University of Kazan, then led a life of dissipation until 1851, when he went to the Caucasus and joined an artillery regiment. He took part in the Crimean War, and on the basis of this experience wrote The Sevastopol Stories, which confirmed his tenuous reputation as a writer. After a period in St. Petersburg and abroad, where he studied educational methods for use in his school for peasant children at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy married Sofya Behrs in 1862. The next fifteen years was a period of great happiness: the couple had thirteen children, and Tolstoy managed his estates, continued his educational projects, and wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina. A Confession marked a spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life; he became an extreme moralist, and in a series of pamphlets written after 1880, he expressed his rejection of state and church, indictment of the weaknesses of the flesh, and denunciation of private property. He published his last novel, Resurrection, in 1900. Tolstoy's teaching earned him many followers at home and abroad, but also much opposition, and in 1901 he was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church. He died in 1910.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Leo Tolstoy
Narrator:
Wanda McCaddon
ISBN:
9781483073460
Length:
33 hours 36 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
September 6, 2012
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#35,345 Overall
Genre rank:
#851 in Classics
Reviews
“Flawless as a work of art.”
“For years, I made a point of rereading Anna Karenina every summer. I am still bowled over by its freshness and its immediacy.”
“A sexy and engrossing read, this book tells the tale of one of the most enthralling love affairs in the history of literature.”
“Considered one of the pinnacles of world literature.”
“In grandeur as is pathos, in the sweep of it as in the touching detail, it moves me now…just as it moved me long ago.”
“The daunting elements of classic literature that might discourage a timid reader become irrelevant, thanks to a skilled narrator…Wanda McCaddon makes this literary cornerstone downright enjoyable. It’s not that she turns herself into every character or offers over-the-top drama. Instead, it is her consistency and sensitivity to the author’s tone that make this a wonderful listen. Her familiarity with the text and understanding of its nuances illuminate the work, making what might have seemed lofty, absolutely lively.”
“Russian high society, star-crossed lovers, family structures, and social class collide in Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina…Despite being set in the nineteenth century, this novel is relatable, readable, and full of high drama that will keep you turning the (many, many) pages.”
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