Anna karenina, first edition abebooks shop for books. Anna karenina 1877 by leo tolstoy is a classic story of love and tragedy against the backdrop of prerevolutionary russia. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy, first edition abebooks. I especially love the pevear and volokhonsky translation of anna karenina, so i really looked forward to their translation of doctor zhivago. Translated and edited by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky. Every new reader of anna karenina is a possible reader of war and peace. Tolstoy is way too crafty for that while anna is one focus of tolstoys intense psychological analysis, the novel is about a lot more than just one woman. I really enjoyed reading anna karenina, i was recommended it by my husbands father, and im pleased i read it. When i first started reading anna karenina, ten years agoim obsessed with the book, and have read it seven times since theni, too, thought of it as a love story. A crisis develops in the oblonsky household when dolly finds out about her husbands affair. Obviously, i only have the first few pages to compare, but it seemed to me that the garnett version was worded more clearly. Anna karenina annotated and millions of other books are available for instant. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy, 9780140449174, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook.
Many writers consider anna karenina the greatest work of literature ever and tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. Anna karenina which english translation of anna karenina. I am writing a novel, tolstoy informed his friend the critic nikolai strakhov on 11 may 1873, referring to the book that was to become anna karenina. The narrative centres on the adulterous affair between anna, wife of aleksey karenin, and count vronsky, a young bachelor. Anna karenina, 1935 this movie version stars greta garbo as anna karenina. Anna karenina value edition isbn 9780143035008 pdf epub. They both were twice awarded the penbookofthemonth club translation prize for dostoevskys the brothers karamazov and tolstoys anna karenina. The musthave pevear and volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest russian novels ever written described by william faulkner as the best novel ever written and by fyodor. Anna karenina, 1985 another movie version of anna karenina, this one starring jacqueline bisset as anna and christopher reeve as vronsky. Stivas sister, anna karenina, arrives to reconcile the couple and dissuades dolly from getting a divorce. Tolstoys anna karenina doesnt seem to be that exciting and entertaining.
Now the subject of a major new film adaptation from director joe wright atonement, pride and prejudice, leo tolstoys anna karenina is translated by awardwinning duo richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky in penguin classics. Books by larissa volokhonsky author of crime and punishment. Anna karenina pevearvolokhonsky translation by leo. I found it quite heavy reading early on, but about of the way in it all started to come together. Anna karenina is set in nineteenthcentury russia, exploring relationships, death and controversy between tradition and freethinking. Tolstoys translators experience oprahs effect the new.
Larissa volokhonsky has 45 books on goodreads with 982549 ratings. Garnett or pevearvolokhonsky translation of anna karenina. They both were twice awarded the penbookofthemonth club translation prize for dostoevskys the broth. Ask anyone who has read it, and it will be among his or her. Penguin classics deluxe edition kindle edition by tolstoy, leo, richard pevear, larissa volokhonsky.
Sensual, rebellious anna falls deeply and passionately in love with the handsome count vronsky. Pevears informative introduction and numerous helpful explanatory notes help make this the essential anna karenina. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage and. Pevear and volokhonsky, who are based in paris, sent anna karenina to the top of the bestseller list a few years ago, with a little assist from oprah.
I started reading the maude translation of anna karenina, but before i could finish it, i had to return it to the library, i read the rest of the book in the constance garret translation. I started reading anna karenina got an epub copy from gutenberg, and when talking with a couple of friends, someone mentioned a pevear translation that was supposed to be much better. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Books of the year pevear and volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of english, and their superb rendering allows us, as perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of tolstoys characters, acts, situations james wood, new yorker. Parallel to her story we follow up on the destructive love between anna and vronsky and the love story between levin and kitty based on an unselfish love. When she refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husbandand russian high societywould condone, she is doomed. Richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky settled on brogues and leggings in 2000, while kyril zinovieff and jenny hughes, translators of the most recent 2008 version, opt for putties and rawhide. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy published by vintage books on 1877 genreslists. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Part one chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 chapter 23. They both were twice awarded the penbookofthemonth club translation prize for. Anna karenina is a novel with a contemporary thematic in which the main theme is annas adultery because of which she get rejected from society and experiences a tragic end. Anna karenina is on lists of the top ten novels of all time get the new viking translation by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky.
Tragedy unfolds as anna reject, isbn 9780143035008 buy the anna karenina value edition ebook. Buy anna karenina penguin classics book online at best prices in india on. Pevear and volokhonsky talk about the sucking of levins boot, and a snipe which. Tolstoy, leo, pevear, richard, volokhonsky, larissa. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby. Translated by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky. Anna karenina, novel by leo tolstoy, published in installments between 1875 and 1877 and considered one of the pinnacles of world literature. The very title of my dissertation, visualizing anna karenina, indicates my bifocal interest in the metamorphoses of lev tolstois novel anna karenina 187577 through a process of appropriation in visual media and, specifically, its cinematic adaptations as a cultural force that elevates the literary source to the level of myth. The musthave pevear and volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest russian novels ever written described by william faulkner as the best novel ever written and by fyodor dostoevsky as flawless, anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Starring keira knightley a dangerous method as anna karenina, jude law sherlock holmes as her husband alexei, aaron johnson nowhere boy as count. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian. Richard pevear, along with his wife larissa volokhonsky, has translated works by tolstoy, dostoevsky, chekhov, gogol, bulgakov and pasternak.
A perfectly as new copy bright, clean, unmarked and still fresh. Leo tolstoy, or count lyev nikolayevich tolstoy september 9, 1828 november 20, 1910, was a russian author, essayist, and philosopher whose. After annas fateful leap in front of the train, the book stomps along on for another 50 pages. Konstantin levin, stivas friend, arrives in moscow to propose to the eighteen year old kitty shtcherbatsky. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy free online book and ebooks. Anna karenina features one of the most memorable, tragic endings in literature, but the final. Perhaps the greatest virtue of this splendid translation is the skill with which it distinguishes the accents of annas romantic egoism from the spare narrative clarity with which a vast spectrum of russian life is vividly portrayed.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading anna karenina oprahs book club. But i suspect i would have been slightly bored with it if i had read it as a youngster in my 20s. Anna karenina, 1948 stars vivien leigh in the title role. The maude one was a little easier to read, i thought. This acclaimed modern translation by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky won the pen book of the month club translation prize in. The power of the happy family in tolstoys anna karenina. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Ive been at it for more than a month now and the main lines are traced out. That is why i was so happy to find the first tuesday. The musthave pevear and volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest russian novels ever written. Anna karenina leo tolstoylarissa volokhonskyrichard.
Anna karenina is a novel by the russian author leo tolstoy, first published in book form in. Described by william faulkner as the best novel ever written and by fyodor dostoevsky as flawless, anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Surprisingly, all the translators ruled that the part of annas anatomy that she believed repelled, repulsed, disgusted or offended. Anna karenina, 1977 a tv miniseries adaptation of tolstoys famous novel. I looked it up, and found this article that seemed to really skewer the garnett translation. Anna karenina pevearvolokhonsky translation pdf free. Part of the beautifully presented wonders of the world series. New translations of tolstoys anna karenina the new. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy, richard pevear, larissa. The extravagant and dramatic story of anna karenina who risks everything for passion is intertwined with the quiet story of levin an autobiographical character and his own quest for true love and personal fulfillment. I enjoyed the intricate detail in which you got to know characters, it felt quite different to more modern books. Buy anna karenina penguin classics rev ed by tolstoy, leo, pevear, richard, bayley, john, volokhonsky, larissa, pevear, richard isbn. Ive always been afraid of picking him up because, well, the russians are just so daunting but, since im trying to read some of the books from the. Based on the title of the novel, youd probably assume that the whole book is about anna karenina.
Larissa volokhonskys most popular book is anna karenina. Tolstoy infamously starts the novel anna karenina with the line, all happy families are alike. Set against the tragic love of anna and vronsky, the plight of the. The musthave pevear and volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest russian novels ever written described by william faulkner as the best novel ever.
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