Anna Karenina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781784871956)

Anna Karenina is a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against the backdrop of Russian high society. Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Although she initially resists his charms Anna eventually succumbs, falling passionately in love and setting in motion a chain of events that lead to her downfall. In this extraordinary novel Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together the lives of dozens of characters, while evoking a love so strong that those who experience it are prepared to die for it.

Author: Leo Tolstoy
ISBN-10: 1784871958
ISBN-13: 9781784871956
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2017
Pages: 992
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.6
Point Value: 69
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 702 / Anna Karenina