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.
Sources for Leo Tolstoy — Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy — Anna Karenina in Russian Literature
Held in the Russian Literature chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
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