Anna Karenina (Signet Classics)

Anna Karenina (Signet Classics)

<p><b>Leo Tolstoy's evocative tale of doomed love—one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.</b><br><br>Upon it's publication, <i>Anna Karenina</i> startled the world with its powerful portrayal of the human need for love and happiness weighed against the rigid demands of society. Its heroine, the sensual, rebellious Anna, renounces a respectable yet stifling marriage for an extramarital affair that offers a taste of passion even as it ensnares her in a trap for destruction. Her story contrasts with that of Levin, a young, self-doubting agnostic who takes a different path to fulfillment and finds faith and happiness in an age of repression.<br>  <br><i>Anna Karenina</i> has been called Tolstoy’s spiritual autobiography. Anna and Levin personify his lifelong struggle to reconcile his physical desires and intellectual ideals in order to lead a more meaningful existence. <br><br><b>Translated by David Magarshack</b><br><b>Includes an Introduction by Priscilla Meyer </b></p>