Anna Karenina

Informationen zum Autor Leo Tolstoy was born in central Russia on 9 September 1828. In 1852 he published his first work, the autobiographical Childhood . He served in the army during the Crimean War and his Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6) are based on his experiences. His two most popular masterpieces are War and Peace (1864-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-8). He died in 1910. Klappentext 'The greatest love story I've ever read' Andrew Davies Anna Karenina is 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. Zusammenfassung Set against the backdrop of Russian high society, this novel 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Leo Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Tolstoy Leo
• Mitarbeit: Aylmer Maude (Übersetzung), Louise Maude (Übersetzung), Maude Aylmer (Übersetzung), Maude Aylmer (Übersetzung), Maude Louise (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Vintage UK
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.02.2010
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur
• EAN: 9780099540663
• ISBN: 978-0-09-954066-3
• Anzahl Seiten: 992
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 12.9 x 19.8 x 4.3 cm
• Serie: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Themen: FICTION / Classics; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Classic fiction: general and literary