Anna Karenina (Audiobook)

from connorshirs

The people I am acquainted with continuously joke about how I force Anna Karenina into every conversation with an appeasable demeanor—only because I have an undying passion for everything that defines this book. Tolstoy portrays Levin; who I believe to be despicable—regardless of the correlatio...

from crabbyabbe

A sweeping panoramic view of late 19th-century Russia and the strict confines of noble women. I was surprised to see that Levin was more like Anna than any other character, and the novel was really about both of them: both aspired to a life of happiness, but only Levin achieved it. Though Anna is...

from fegolac

So much has been written about Anna Karenina, I won't even try to say something smart. I'll just say that yes, it's as good as everyone says. As with War and Peace, I was initially not very pleased with following a bunch of nobles around, but I quickly became fascinated with every character. (inc...

from ponsonby

When you have read this book, you realise how inadequate are the various TV and film adaptations (I have seen 9 different ones, and even the best go nowhere deep enough into the characters' minds and emotions)

from claidheamdanns

I really hated this story! I always hope for reconciliation and repentance. Instead, everything goes toward a wrong conclusion all the way to the end … with the possible exception of Kostia Levin.