Anna Karenin 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 Levin a man striving to find contentment & a meaning to his life
- & also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself.