"One of the greatest love stories in world literature."-Vladimir
Nabokov "Anna Karenina is a perfect work of art. This novel
contains a humane message that has not yet been heeded in Europe
and that is much needed by the people of the western world."-Fyodor
Dostoevsky "The truth is we are not to take Anna Karenina as a work
of art; we are to take it as a piece of life."-Matthew Arnold
Although love and infidelity are a major themes of Leo Tolstoy's
epic Russian novel Anna Karenina (1877), there is a startling scope
of philosophical and theological insight within the pages of this
monumental work. The pinnacle of the realist novel, the commonplace
lives and frustrations of the characters within Anna Karenina are
woven together in parallel subtexts that ask difficult questions.
The story of the extramarital affair between Anna Karenina and the
young bachelor Count Vronsky is at the center of this complex work
of literature. When Anna's husband discovers the infidelity of his
wife, his primary concern is not the well-being of his marriage,
but his own self-image. The downward spiral of Anna's illicit
behavior is paralleled with the story of Kitty and Konstantin
Levin, who is a wealthy agriculturalist but somewhat socially
clumsy figure. Levin and Kitty's love is unblemished, yet his
struggles with faith and his unrelenting philosophical questioning
paint a profound portrait of internal anguish. This classic novel
examines the depth of the human soul against the backdrop of
19th-century Russia as no other work of literature has done. With
an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Anna Karenina is both modern and readable.
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