Anna Karenina

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Now the subject of a major new film adaptation from director Joe Wright (Atonement" " Pride & Prejudice") Leo Tolstoy's " Anna Karenina" is translated by award-winning duo Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky in " Penguin Classics". Starring Keira Knightley ("A Dangerous Method") as Anna Karenina Jude Law (" Sherlock Holmes") as her husband Alexei Aaron Johnson (" Nowhere Boy") as Count Vronsky & also starring Matthew Mc Fadyen Andrea Riseborough & Kelly Macdonald this dazzling production of " Anna Karenina" is adapted for the screen by legendary playwright Tom Stoppard. Anna Karenina seems to have everything
- beauty wealth popularity & an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society & family alike & soon brings jealousy & bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this tale of love & self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Konstantin Levin a man striving to find contentment & meaning to his life
- & also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. Acclaimed as the definitive English version of Tolstoy's masterpiece this edition contains an introduction by Richard Pevear & a preface by John Bayley. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) spent his youth in wasteful idleness until 1851 when he travelled to the Caucasus & joined the army fighting in the Crimean war. After marrying in 1862 Tolstoy settled down managing his estates & writing two of his best-known novels " War & Peace" (1869) & " Anna Karenina" (1878). "A Confession" (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life & in 1901 he was excommunicated by the Russian Holy Synod. " William Faulkner it's said was once asked to name the three best novels ever. He replied: " Anna Karenina Anna Karenina Anna Karenina". If you don't recall why rush to buy a fine new translation by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky". (Boyd Tonkin " Independent")."