A married womans affair with a dashing young officer has tragic results. The average reader will spend 23 hours and 3 minutes reading this book at. The maude one was a little easier to read, i thought. Anna karenina, 1977 a tv miniseries adaptation of tolstoys famous novel. Ive always been afraid of picking him up because, well, the russians are just so daunting but, since im trying to read some of the books from the. Anna karenina is a very long and very intense and i think sometimes boring novel by leo tolstoy.
To see vocabulary lists for all 155 books novelsplays click. Anna arkadyevna karenina anna is a beautiful, aristocratic, sharply intelligent, intensely charismatic woman. Anna is a courageous young women, who is married to a man who is twenty years older to her, karenin. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian. There are a lot of theories about why the length of all novels has increased. Some people say anna karenina is the single greatest novel ever written, which makes about as much sense to me as trying to determine the worlds greatest color.
Anna karenina, 1935 this movie version stars greta garbo as anna karenina. A crisis develops in the oblonsky household when dolly finds out about her husbands affair. Anna karenina is a novel by the russian writer leo tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian messenger. Set in late 19th century russia, anna is portrayed as an ideal, cultivated aristocratic wife, mother and model for women alike. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long it will take you to read.
I think it stands as the longest fantasy trilogy to date. More than any other book, it persuades me that there is. A summary of part one, chapters 1834 in leo tolstoys anna karenina. The project gutenberg ebook of anna karenina, by leo tolstoy this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Word count for famous novels organized by hawthorn mineart, under books, writing. Anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. But while he read, he felt guilty for ignoring the taps of his fellow inmate, so he tapped out the entire book for this guy to essentially read along with him.
The average reader will spend 23 hours and 3 minutes reading this book at 250 wpm words per minute. Anna karenina book length search engine reading length. The musthave pevear and volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest russian novels ever written described by william faulkner as the best novel ever written and by fyodor dostoevsky as flawless, anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Part one chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7. May 09, 2020 anna karenina, a novel written by leo tolstoy which was first published in 1878. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer count vronsky.
Instead of a barrage of metaphors describing things in terms of other things that they resemble, lev tolstoy seeks the precise word. Aug 30, 2012 to that end, it was refreshing to get 50 pages into tolstoys novel and to only have heard one brief mention of the titular heroine. Because it is so rich in incident, and because the psychologies of its main characters are so nuanced as to endow each with a fully formed view of the world, all that happens in anna karenina happens, in. Vocabulary for 155 novel and play word lists and activities by title vocabulary for 155 novel and play word lists and activities by author. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike, and soon brings jealousy and bitterness in its wake. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenthcentury russia, the novels seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of. I consider myself pretty hardcore in terms of literature, but i will admit that anna karenina daunted me.
Anna karenina, 1985 another movie version of anna karenina, this one starring jacqueline bisset as anna and christopher reeve as vronsky. Epic novels are works of fiction that are 110,000 words or over. Anna karenina pevearvolokhonsky translation by leo. Part one chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 chapter 23. Anna karenina, leo tolstoy anna karenina is a novel by the russian writer leo tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian messenger. Jan 15, 2007 but what ifjust for arguments sakeyou got insanely rigorous about it. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy published by vintage books on 1877 genreslists. Anna arkadyevna karenina high society heroine whose love affair keynotes the novel. Anna karenina couldnt be less like a conventional modern novel. With vivien leigh, ralph richardson, kieron moore, hugh dempster. Link to 155 novel and play word lists and activities by title. Sep 01, 2012 francine prose, author of blue angel and my new american life. In the united states, melville took 206,052 words to compose mobydick. Wrights anna karenina isnt a straightforward adaptation of the novel, but a fanciful, expressionistic reinterpretation of it, with a knowing, selfconscious screenplay by tom stoppard.
Stivas sister, anna karenina, arrives to reconcile the couple and dissuades dolly from getting a divorce. These immediately apparent features account for the length of anna karenina, but a more subtle feature gives the novel its capacious quality. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy free online book and ebooks. Anna karenina which english translation of anna karenina.
Wrights is the 12th feature length film to adapt the classic russian novel, which tells of the romance and ensuing scandal between anna, wife. The very title of my dissertation, visualizing anna karenina, indicates my bifocal interest in the metamorphoses of lev tolstois novel anna karenina 187577 through a process of appropriation in visual media and, specifically, its cinematic adaptations as a cultural force that elevates the literary source to the level of myth. Clocking in at hours 49 minutes, leo tolstoys anna karenina will take up a considerable amount of your time, so make sure your schedule is clear before you begin reading it. For example, i read a lot of mysteries, and it turns out that between 1960 and 1979 the median length of novels that won the edgar award for best mystery was 72,001 words. Dec 23, 2012 anna karenina, the film, ostensibly follows the arc of the novel, and the screenplay by tom stoppard includes many of the main characters and main scenes. Many writers consider anna karenina the greatest work of literature ever 2 and tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. Chronicling the turbulent affair between anna karenina and count vronsky, tolstoy weaves a parallel plot of selfdiscovery and a turn to. You went to all the bigname authors in the worldfranzen, mailer, wallace, wolfe, chabon, lethem, king, 125 of them and got each one to cough up a top10 list of the greatest books of all time. Annas death death, like love, is a pervasive force in all of tolstoys major worksbut it has a special power in anna karenina, where the death of our heroine takes place under tragic circumstances at a critical point in the novel. Anna karenina is, as one critic put it, a crosssection of russian life. More than any other book, it persuades me that there is such a thing as human nature. Nearly everyonemale, female, young, oldis magnetically attracted to her, and at the beginning of the novel, she is the brilliant center of society.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy meet your next favorite book. New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars. Anna karenina, the film, ostensibly follows the arc of the novel, and the screenplay by tom stoppard includes many of the main characters and main scenes. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. The narrative centres on the adulterous affair between anna, wife of aleksey karenin, and count vronsky, a young bachelor. First published in the late 19th century, anna karenina, by famed russian writer leo tolstoy, is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of all time. Konstantin levin, stivas friend, arrives in moscow to propose to the eighteen year old kitty shtcherbatsky. Emily bronte was, by comparison, frugal with her words. Ive just started reading anna karenina, and its not as.
Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. Anna karenina characters from litcharts the creators of. Anna could think of nothing, but her heart responded instantly to each word, to each change of expression of her sisterinlaw. I started reading the maude translation of anna karenina, but before i could finish it, i had to return it to the library, i read the rest of the book in the constance garret translation. Tolstoy was, by comparison, a slacker in creating anna karenina.
Why leo tolstoys anna karenina transcends the ages film. Most books published today tend to be around 250400 pages, with exceptions for genres such as high fantasy the assumption backed up by a great infographic i saw the other day but have now lost. Aug 31, 2012 anna karenina couldnt be less like a conventional modern novel. We have already come through the prolonged illness and death of levins beloved brother nikolai. Previous part 2 next part 4 happy and gay, there is a path growing narrower and narrower, and.
But what ifjust for arguments sakeyou got insanely rigorous about it. Anna karenina is about russian high society, the scandal caused by annas affair with vronsky and annas downward spiral, likely a result of guilt and the fact she is seen as a fallen woman, scorned to an extent by the society she is part of. Im still too early in anna karenina to give a full assessment of it, but what its brought to mind straight away was how fun it can be to get lost in an extremely long novel. Tolstoy starts us off with a completely different character the wonderfully named oblonsky, with whom we spend a leisurely chapter or three, before skipping over to follow constantine levin and his infatuation with kitty shcherbatskaya part of the reason for. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage and.
At the beginning of the book, why is anna taking a train to visit her sister. Link to 155 novel and play word lists and activities by title link to 155 novel and play word lists and activities by author. I am his sister, i know his character, that faculty of forgetting everything, everything she waved her hand before her forehead, that faculty for being completely. The weirdly familiar politics of anna karenina the.
Anna karenina, 1948 stars vivien leigh in the title role. However, since 1980 that medium length has been 102,533. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy full text free book part 322. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of anna karenina and what it means.
Nov 23, 2012 wrights anna karenina isnt a straightforward adaptation of the novel, but a fanciful, expressionistic reinterpretation of it, with a knowing, selfconscious screenplay by tom stoppard. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Francine prose, author of blue angel and my new american life. Im not sure what i was expecting, but whatever it was it wasnt what i got. Anna karenina pevearvolokhonsky translation by leo tolstoy. I started reading it a couple years ago over the summer and i stalled out with about 200 pages left to go. She and karenin have a son and everything seemed to be going wonderful in the country side life till anna met count vronsky, a cavalry officer. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike, and. Tolstoy clashed with editor mikhail katkov over political issues that arose in the final installment tolstoys negative views of russian volunteers going to fight in serbia. Alexey alexandrovitch karenin annas deceived husband. Anna karenina seems to have everything beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son.
But there is no doubt that anna karenina, generally considered tolstoys best book, is definitely one ripping great read. Many writers consider anna karenina the greatest work of literature ever and tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. Sep 24, 2009 anna karenina is, as one critic put it, a crosssection of russian life. Anna karenina book by leo tolstoy, constance garnett. Anna karenina word cloud classics kindle edition by. Anna, miserable in her loveless marriage, does the barely thinkable and succumbs to her desires for the dashing. My bookmark has kept the same place ever since that summer. Anna karenina, a novel written by leo tolstoy which was first published in 1878. Anna karenina is a keepsake to be read and treasured. Think youve got your head wrapped around anna karenina. Only 3% of english native speakers know the meaning of this word. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy translated by constance garnett. Leo tolstoys psychological novel anna karenina follows the life of the enchanting and rebellious anna who seeks to break free from the shackles of society.