Anna Karenina: Introduction by John Bayley -- Leo Tolstoy, Hardcover

A famous legend surrounding the creation of Anna Karenina tells us that Tolstoy began writing a cautionary tale about adultery and ended up falling in love with his magnificent heroine. It is rare to find a reader of the book who doesn't experience the same kind of emotional upheaval. Anna Karenina is filled with major and minor characters who exist in their own right and fully embody their mid-nineteenth-century Russian milieu, but it still belongs entirely to the woman whose name it bears, whose portrait is one of the truest ever made by a writer. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude.

Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: 04/28/1992
Pages: 1016
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.17w x 1.82d
ISBN: 9780679410003

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.6
Point Value: 69
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 702 / Anna Karenina

About the Author
Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born in central Russia. After serving in the Crimean War, he retired to his estate and devoted himself to writing, farming, and raising his large family. His novels and outspoken social polemics brought him world fame.