Anna Karenina PDF

In 1872 the mistress of a neighbouring landowner threw herself under a train at a station near Tolstoys home. This gave Tolstoy the starting point he needed for composing what many believe to be the greatest novel ever written.

In writing Anna Karenina he moved away from the vast historical sweep of War and Peace to tell, with extraordinary understanding, the story of an aristocratic woman who brings ruin on herself. Annas tragedy is interwoven with not only the courtship and marriage of Kitty and Levin but also the lives of many other characters. Rich in incident, powerful in characterization, the novel also expresses Tolstoys own moral vision. `The correct way of putting the question is the
artists duty, Chekhov once insisted, and Anna Karenina was the work he chose to make his point. It solves no problem, but it is deeply satisfying because all the questions are put correctly.
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Anna Karenina. Als den "größten Gesellschaftsroman der Weltliteratur" bezeichnete Thomas Mann einmal Leo Tolstois "Anna Karenina". Auch John Neumeier war beim Lesen zutiefst fasziniert von diesem Werk: nicht nur von den Hauptfiguren und der Handlungsstruktur, sondern auch von der außerordentlichen Vielfalt thematischer Verbindungslinien. Es