Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Classics, Fiction, International Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9780099540663
Published: March 2010
Page Extent: 992
Format: Paperback
RRP 275.00

Anna Karenina

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'The greatest love story I've ever read' Andrew Davies

Anna Karenina is 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...

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Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was born in central Russia. After serving in the Crimean War, he retired to his estate and devoted himself to writing, farming, and raising his large family. His novels and outspoken social polemics brought him world fame.

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Aylmer Maude

Aylmer Maude

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Louise Maude

Louise Maude

ABOUT THE TRANSLATORS: Louise and Aylmer Maude were English friends of Tolstoy who spent many years in Russia. Their Quaker background led them to share many of Tolstoy’s spiritual and moral views. Aylmer wrote a biography of Tolstoy and worked with his wife on translations of his major works.

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