Tolstoy interleaves the doomed adulterous passion of Anna Karenina with Levin's earnest search for meaning on the land, anatomizing love, family, and Russian society. Its opening line and its tragic heroine are among the most famous in literature.
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1877 · Book · Public Domain
Tolstoy interleaves the doomed adulterous passion of Anna Karenina with Levin's earnest search for meaning on the land, anatomizing love, family, and Russian society. Its opening line and its tragic heroine are among the most famous in literature.