| Collection Title: | Wordsworth Classics | | Title : | Anna Karenina | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Leo Tolstoy, Author | | Publisher: | Wordsworth Editions | | Publication Date: | 1999 | | Pagination: | 813 p. | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-85326-271-5 | | Class number: | 891.733 | | Abstract: | Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878, and widely considered one of the greatest works of fiction ever written. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. It deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Imperial Russian society, desire, and rural vs. city life. The plot centres on an extramarital affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee for Italy in a futile search for happiness. Returning to Russia their lives further unravel. |
Wordsworth Classics. Anna Karenina [printed text] / Leo Tolstoy, Author . - United Kingdom : Wordsworth Editions, 1999 . - 813 p. ISBN : 978-1-85326-271-5 | Class number: | 891.733 | | Abstract: | Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878, and widely considered one of the greatest works of fiction ever written. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. It deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Imperial Russian society, desire, and rural vs. city life. The plot centres on an extramarital affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee for Italy in a futile search for happiness. Returning to Russia their lives further unravel. |
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