ISBN: 9780099540663

Published: February 2010

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Page Extent: 992

Format: Paperback

RRP 275.00

Anna Karenina

Name: Anna Karenina - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9780099540663
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Leo Tolstoy, Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude

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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 weaves...

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Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was born in central Russia on 9 September 1828. In 1852 he published his first work, the autobiographical Childhood. He served in the army during the Crimean War and his Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6) are based on his experiences. His two most popular masterpieces are War and Peace (1864-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-8). He died in 1910.

Aylmer Maude

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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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Anna Karenina

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Leo Tolstoy

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