Anna Karenina
A married aristocrat's passionate affair unravels her life against the backdrop of Russian society.
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In late nineteenth century Russia, a married society woman falls hard for a young officer while a country landowner courts a younger woman who is in love with someone else. Two parallel marriages.
Anna Karenina is over 800 pages and uses 19th-century Russian conventions. The prose is accessible in good translations, especially the Pevear and Volokhonsky version. The Russian patronymic naming conventions can be tricky at first; most editions include a character list.
Yes. Anna Karenina was published in 1878 and is in the public domain in most countries. Free editions are available legally through Project Gutenberg, though English readers usually prefer modern translations, which remain under copyright.
Anna Karenina was written by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1878 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Anna Karenina is 668 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Anna Karenina takes most readers 10 to 14 hours to finish.
Anna Karenina is a standalone novel by Leo Tolstoy, not part of a series.
Anna Karenina is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
