5/9/2023 0 Comments Anna karenina pevear![]() ![]() This acclaimed modern translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky won the PEN/ Book of the Month Club Translation Prize in 2001. Anna Karenina (Russian: « », IPA: an krenn) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. The must-have Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest Russian novels ever written Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as flawless, Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. For on updated Anna Karenina that reads smoothly in British English, choose the Bartlett translation. For a biggest translation in American English, choose Pevear and Volokhonsky. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. For a Tolstoy-approved Anna Karenina, choose the Maude translation. ![]() Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. ![]() Tolstoy's epic novel of love, destiny and self-destruction, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition from Penguin Classics. ![]()
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