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Anna Karenina

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Full Title:

Anna Karenina

Contributors:

By (Author) Leo Tolstoy
Introduction by John Bayley
Translated by Aylmer Maude
Translated by Louise Maude

ISBN:

9781857150582

Publisher:

Everyman

Imprint:

Everyman's Library

Publication Date:

29th May 1992

UK Publication Date:

23rd April 1992

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

891.733

Prizes:

Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

964

Dimensions:

Width 135mm, Height 211mm, Spine 45mm

Weight:

886g

Description

Anna Karenina is the story of a woman who ab andons her empty existence as a society wife and embarks on a doomed love affair with the passionate but emotionally ban krupt Vronsky. It is widely acknowledged as the greatest nov el in any language '

Author Bio

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.

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