Anna Karenina [Paperback]

Leo Tolstoy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1997

Trapped in a loveless marriage, Anna Karenina is defenceless when her passions are unleashed by Count Vronsky. Having defied the rules of 19th-century Russian society, Anna pays a heavy price. The music is from Rubinstein, Balakirev, Vitols, Ivanovici, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Tolstoy's classic novel of love comes alive under the practiced reading of film actor Alfred Molina, who brings to life the drama of beautiful married Anna, who falls madly in love with a count and whose affair shocks Russian society and tears her family apart. This abridged version retains high drama and provides listeners with lasting memories. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Language Notes

Text: English, Russian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 864 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140267433
• ISBN-13: 978-0140267433
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,638,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) wrote two of the great novels of the nineteenth century, War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If it's an abridged version of the classic you seek, look no further, November 3, 2007

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anna Karenina (Highbridge Classics) (Audio CD)

If it's an abridged version of the classic you seek, look no further than Alfred Molina's strong narration of the love story ANNA KARENINA. Libraries seeking strong abridged presentations on 3 cds will find it brims with emotion and history, capturing well the story of the strong-willed Anna and the romance which drives her life and the history of Russia itself.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Love Story, October 6, 2011

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T. C. Pile "audiobookaholic" (Millwood, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anna Karenina (Audible Audio Edition)

Tolstoy is a master storyteller who can of bring the full sweep of human drama down to the moment-to-moment level. His characters live the history and you live it through their eyes and hearts. Vivid descriptions of the inner and outer lives of these aristocrats living in pre-revolutionary Russia animate his story, and help you to feel their manners, inhibitions, challenges, and passions. Anna is so deserving of love, so pure in her own love, yet even she cannot sustain the ideal. Her unjust ruin in the eyes of society, the loss of Vronsky's love, and the madness that loss inspires lead to an ending that is sad and unforgettable.

Anna Karenina

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book is a well written soap opera, March 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Anna Karenina (Hardcover)

Anna Karenina is a well written book. Tolstoy is a master writer, and knows his content. It is a little difficult to get though the Russian philosophies, so all you Kindergarten readers out there, don't try it. The book deals mainly with a married women who is unfaithful, and the reprocussions of her choice upon her and the people around her. It also deals with the Russian aristocrat turned farmboy, the only decent character in the entire novel, and his changing views of life. The book is written as one big soap opera with a killer ending, read it if you like that kind of stuff.