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Anna Karenina (Oxford World's Classics) |  | Author: Leo Tolstoy
Creators: W. Gareth Jones, Louise and Aylmer Maude
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
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Edition: Reissue
Pages: 872
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.6
ISBN: 0199536066
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.733
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ASIN: 0199536066
Publication Date: May 8, 2008
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 Magnificent August 16, 2010
bookworm1
I recently decided to read Anna Karenina after having started it before but never really being drawn in by it. I cannot express how glad I am that I pursued it. Admittedly some of the Russian history and politics went a little over my head, but now, 4 weeks later, I still can not stop thinking about all of those characters which Tolstoy so marvelously created. For someone who rarely cries over a book, I found the portrayal of Levin during the birth of his son particularly moving. Very much recommended!
A wonderfully true, insightful classic August 1, 2010
Katie Stevens (London, UK)
This book was my first foray into Russian literature, and I could not have had a better introduction. Tolstoy has a way of phrasing the thoughts and feelings of the characters that is so insightful, precise and identifiable that it easily transcends the innumerable differences between a modern reader and the selection of people he focuses on living in nineteenth century Russia. They are all incredibly psychologically developed and I felt as if I knew them all personally and could predict how they might react in any given situation. Tolstoy also colours his narrative so that it is seen through the eyes of the different characters, giving the reader many different viewpoints from which to perceive events and settings and so making the novel very rich. A scene from the perspective of Oblonsky, for example, is light, frivolous and faintly cynical, whereas the same situation seen through Levin's eyes is thoughtful and earnest.
Unfortunately, while the human drama of the novel has stood the test of time admirably, much of Tolstoy's social commentary has not fared so well. The sections on social economy, agriculture and political systems may have ben fascinating to a contemporary Russian reader but I found them lengthy, tedious, unnecessary and, dare I say it, dull. However, I'm more than willing to ignore the effect of these passages in light of the sheer brilliance of the rest of the book.
This particular translation (Penguin, 1954, this edition 2000) by Rosemary Edmonds is fantastic. Her prose is readable and appropriate, so that the book does not read like translated literature at all, but like any other nineteenth century novel. The illusion was so well-executed that the only time I was made aware that I wasn't reading original language literature was when characters discussed which pronouns to use to refer to one another, an aspect of language which is absent from modern English. Both the translation and the original writing make this a thoroughly excellent book.
 Classic status notwithstanding, this didn't do it for me July 6, 2010
Mark Wallace (West of Ireland)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The classics of world literature are readily available these days in cheap editions, such as this Wordsworth edition of "Anna Karenina" (a new edition will set you back 1p(!) on this site), so really one has no excuse for not reading them. I read a lot of classics, some I enjoy, and the appeal of some passes me by. I found "Anna Karenina" to belong to the second category.
This book has two independent stories, occasionally slightly interlinked: that of Anna, her infidelity to her husband, and all that happens next; and that of a young landowner named Levin, who falls in love with a pretty and demure young lady named Kitty. I enjoyed the early part depicting Levin's heightened emotional state in the early stages of his love with Kitty. That part of the book was very involving.
Lots of factors combined to make my interest flag, though. There's an awful lot of discussion of social, political and philosophical questions in Russia at the time. Levin meets somebody, they talk for ages about some burning question, and it has nothing to do with the novel as a novel. It becomes clear, as well, that Levin is a mouthpiece for Tolstoy: it's always easy to tell whose side Tolstoy is on in any discussion, so sometimes one feels one is being preached to.
There's also a lot of interior monologue. This is partly why "Anna Karenina" is considered such an important influence on the modern novel. Be that as it may, I found it boring. There are times when Anna's moods, which are capricious and extreme, could be summed up pretty quickly, but instead we get pages and pages of monologue giving her reaction to everything she sees and how it plays on her mood. Also, there's a lot of emphasis on others' reactions to Anna, how charmed everyone is by her, and touched by her beauty. I wasn't very charmed by Anna; her histrionics started to annoy me after a while and being constantly told all the ways in which she was beautiful didn't help. There's also a long interior monologue section detailing Levin's spiritual struggles. This part I found especially tedious as it's clear Tolstoy is just talking about himself, and the answers he comes up with aren't very impressive, in my view.
So, in short, I didn't really enjoy this. I kept thinking of Tolstoy's contemporary Turgenev, whose work I do enjoy: he would have told this story in a quarter the length, he would have let the characters represent themselves through actions and words, without pages of interior monologue, and he would have taken a more objective approach to his characters without wanting to force his own opinions on the reader.
It could be the translation, in part. Another reviewer says this translation, by Louise and Aylmer Maude, is a poor one, and there were points where the phrasing seemed to me a little off. But there's more to it than that, and Tolstoy's approach just isn't my thing.
 Buy Penguin July 4, 2010
Alexia
I'll make it short. It may be cheap but the translation isn't very good. Buy the Penguin version!
 Anna Karenina June 17, 2010
Mrs. J. Ward (Birmingham England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read with interest the first 50 pages. The book has 813 pages and the length of the story made me decide to save the book for holiday reading, rather than reading it in small bites. I shall look forward to the story.
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