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Anna Karenina is an 1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy that follows the intersecting lives of several characters in Russian society, centered on a woman who pursues a passionate love affair with consequences that reshape her life and those around her. The novel is considered a masterpiece of world literature for its profound exploration of love, family, morality, and the search for meaning in human existence.
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- Author
- Louise Maude
- First published
- 2012
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Social life and customs, Married women, Adultery, Fiction, Married people, fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
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Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина, IPA: [ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə]) is a novel, first published in book form in 1878, by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Often considered to be among the greatest works of world literature, Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875 to 1877, all but the last part appearing in the periodical The Russian Messenger. By the time he was finishing up the last installments, Tolstoy was in an anguished state of mind having come to hate it but finished it unwillingly.
The novel deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Imperial Russian society, desire, and the differences between rural and urban life. The story centres on an extramarital affair between Anna and cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalises the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in pursuit of happiness, but after they return to Russia, their lives further unravel.