num_pages: 800
description: [This Retail Cassette edition is complete in one package.]Translated by Louise and Aylmer MaudeA magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, Anna Karenina tells the story of two characters whose emotional instincts conflict with the dominant social mores of their time.Sensual, rebellious Anna falls deeply and passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husband--and Russian high society--would condone, she is doomed. Set against the tragic love of Anna and Vronsky, the plight of the melancholy nobleman Konstantine Levin unfolds. In doubt about the meaning of life--a mirror of Tolstoy's own spiritual crisis--Konstantine is haunted by thoughts of suicide. But Anna's inner turmoil mirrors the emotional imprisonment and mental disintegration of a woman who dares to transgress the strictures of a patriarchal world.
language: English
title: Anna Karenina Parts 1 and 2 Complete
titlecomplete: Anna Karenina Parts 1 and 2 Complete
characters: Count Aleksei Kirillovich Vronsky, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina, Prince Stepan "Stiva" Arkadyevitch Oblonsky, Princess Ekaterina "Kitty" Aleksandrovna Shcherbatskaya, Konstantin "Kostya" Dmitrievitch Levin
genres: Russia, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 819288
places: Russia
awards: awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Premio literatura rusa en España, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Read Russia Prize
category: Classic Russian Literature for Victor Gallego Ballestero
publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.