An Oprah Book Of The Month Selection A magnificent drama of
vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, Anna Karenina portrays the
moving story of people whose emotions conflict with the dominant
social mores of their time. Sensual, rebellious Anna falls deeply and
passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she
refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious
husbandand Russian high societywould condone, she is doomed. Set
against the tragic love of Anna and Vronsky, the plight of the
melancholy nobleman Konstantine Levin unfolds. In doubt about the
meaning of life, haunted by thoughts of suicide, Levins struggles
echo Tolstoys own spiritual crisis. But Annas inner turmoil mirrors
the emotional imprisonment and mental disintegration of a woman who
dares to transgress the strictures of a patriarchal world.
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