| Anna Karenina: Introduction by John Bayley Contributor(s): Tolstoy, Leo (Author), Maude, Louise (Translator), Maude, Alymer (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0679410007 ISBN-13: 9780679410003 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1992 Annotation: A famous legend surrounding the creation of Anna Karenina tells us that Tolstoy began writing a cautionary tale about adultery and ended up by falling in love with his magnificent heroine. It is rare to find a reader of the book who doesn't experience the same kind of emotional upheaval: Anna Karenina is filled with major and minor characters who exist in their own right and fully embody their mid-nineteenth-century Russian milieu, but it still belongs entirely to the woman whose name it bears, whose portrait is one of the truest ever made by a writer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91053196 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.82" H x 5.17" W x 8.35" (2.03 lbs) 1016 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 702 Reading Level: 9.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 69.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A famous legend surrounding the creation of Anna Karenina tells us that Tolstoy began writing a cautionary tale about adultery and ended up falling in love with his magnificent heroine. It is rare to find a reader of the book who doesn't experience the same kind of emotional upheaval. Anna Karenina is filled with major and minor characters who exist in their own right and fully embody their mid-nineteenth-century Russian milieu, but it still belongs entirely to the woman whose name it bears, whose portrait is one of the truest ever made by a writer. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. |