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Anna Karenina Paperback - 2003

by Leo Tolstoy; Introduction by Amy Mandelker; Notes by Amy Mandelker


About this book

Anna Karenina is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1877. The story is set in 19th-century Russia and follows the life of Anna Karenina, a married woman who embarks on an affair with the wealthy Count Vronsky. As their affair becomes more passionate, Anna must grapple with the societal norms and expectations of her time, which view infidelity as a serious transgression. The novel explores themes of love, desire, societal expectations, and the consequences of our actions. It is considered one of the greatest works of literature and a masterpiece of realist fiction.

The long novel was first serialized in the Russian periodical Ruskii Vestnik from 1873 to 1877, and first appeared in book form in 1878.

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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:

  • New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
  • Biographies of the authors
  • Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
  • Footnotes and endnotes
  • Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
  • Comments by other famous authors
  • Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
  • Bibliographies for further reading
  • Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Vladimir Nabokov called Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina "one of the greatest love stories in world literature." Matthew Arnold claimed it was not so much a work of art as "a piece of life." Set in imperial Russia, Anna Karenina is a rich and complex meditation on passionate love and disastrous infidelity. Married to a powerful government minister, Anna Karenina is a beautiful woman who falls deeply in love with a wealthy army officer, the elegant Count Vronsky. Desperate to find truth and meaning in her life, she rashly defies the conventions of Russian society and leaves her husband and son to live with her lover. Condemned and ostracized by her peers and prone to fits of jealousy that alienate Vronsky, Anna finds herself unable to escape an increasingly hopeless situation. Set against this tragic affair is the story of Konstantin Levin, a melancholy landowner whom Tolstoy based largely on himself. While Anna looks for happiness through love, Levin embarks on his own search for spiritual fulfillment through marriage, family, and hard work. Surrounding these two central plot threads are dozens of characters whom Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together, creating a breathtaking tapestry of nineteenth-century Russian society. From its famous opening sentence--"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"--to its stunningly tragic conclusion, this enduring tale of marriage and adultery plumbs the very depths of the human soul.

First Edition Identification

The first edition of Anna Karenina was published in Russian in 1878. It was published in three volumes, bound in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles, raised bands by T. Ris in Moscow. Anna Karenina’s first editions in Russian are rare.

The first English translation of Anna Karenina was published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. (1886). Binded in blue cloth, floral endpapers. It was translated by Nathan Haskell Dole and it included ads in both the front and the back of the book.

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  • Title Anna Karenina
  • Author Leo Tolstoy; Introduction by Amy Mandelker; Notes by Amy Mandelker
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 832
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Barnes & Noble Classics, New York
  • Date 2003-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781593080273 / 1593080271
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.12 x 5.3 x 1.89 in (20.62 x 13.46 x 4.80 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003102527
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Amy Mandelker, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the author of Framing Anna Karenina: Tolstoy, the Woman Question, and the Victorian Novel and co-editor of Approaches to Teaching Anna Karenina.
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