Anna Karenina

"One of the greatest love stories in world literature." Vladimir NabokovIn a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against the backdrop of Russian high society, Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Although she initially resists his charms Anna eventually succumbs, falling passionately in love and setting in motion a chain of events that lead to her downfall. In this extraordinary novel, Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together the lives of dozens of characters, while evoking a love so strong that those who experience it are prepared to die for it. "

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House UK
Published: 07/09/2010
ISBN: 9780099540663
Pages: 963
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.80d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 702 / Anna Karenina
Reading Level: 9.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 69