Anna Karenina

Anna leaves a secure marriage for Count Vronsky and finds that Russian society will tolerate the affair only so long as nobody says it aloud. Tolstoy runs her story beside that of Konstantin Levin, whose search for a workable life on the land answers hers. Scenes shift between St Petersburg drawing rooms, Moscow households and the countryside, and the novel's attention falls as much on farming, faith and family duty as on the affair itself. That paired structure is what gives the book its reputation for breadth. This deluxe edition carries the complete English translation. Points that stand out: • Two parallel lives, Anna's and Levin's, set against each other • Close portrait of aristocratic society in imperial Russia • Marriage, reputation and conscience examined from several sides • Deluxe binding and printing suited to a lasting copy Recommended for readers of Russian literature, book clubs and collectors of long classic novels, available in English from Boipoka.