Anna Karenina (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

Anna Karenina (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

Tolstoy's epic novel of love, destiny and self-destruction, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition from Penguin Classics. Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. This acclaimed modern translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky won the PEN/ Book of the Month Club Translation Prize in 2001. Their translation is accompanied in this edition by an introduction by Richard Pevear and a preface by John Bayley 'The new and brilliantly witty translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is a must' - Lisa Appignanesi, Independent, Books of the Year 'Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English, and their superb rendering allows us, as perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of Tolstoy's "characters, acts, situations"' - James Wood, New Yorker
Country USA
Brand Penguin Classics
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 21407184
Color Burgundy/maroon
ReleaseDate 2014-09-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780141199610

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin Classics
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	21407184
Color	Burgundy/maroon
ReleaseDate	2014-09-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780141199610

Anna Karenina (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

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