Anna Karénina
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Average rating4.2
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Ratings6
Average rating4.2
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. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness.
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I've seen so many great reviews, so many people talk so dearly about this book. My expectations where HIGH, and I don't know if that was the mistake but unfortunately I didn't enjoyed this book as much as I wanted to.
I hated Anna Karenina, and the other characters were a bit annoying, I couldn't get attached to any of them. Also, so many different names were used to refer to the same character and that made it difficult for me to follow the storyline.
In general, Tolstoys writing style was ok, but that's pretty much it. :(
Anna Karenina essay, First Arts Russian lit, St Andrews Uni
‘Don't steal rolls.' (Levin to Oblonsky). Is this the real message of Anna Karenina?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sloofdvjw27arlb/Anna%20Karenina%20Essay.pdf?dl=0
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Tutors' comments:
This last sentence is the only explicit attempt to tackle the question. You must in these essays do more than give information about plot and character in the text, you must discuss the question, assembling arguments (your own or those of critics) and presenting them. You do not, however, say anything that is incorrect about the novel. You do show considerable knowledge of the text.
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