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 Tolstoy's classic work, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. This is the first time it's appeared as a Vintage Classic. 'One of the greatest love stories in world literature' Vladimir Nabokov 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.

Product details

• Authors: Leo Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Tolstoy Leo
• Assisted by: Maude Aylmer (Translation), Aylmer Maude (Translation), Louise Maude (Translation), Maude Aylmer (Translation), Maude Louise (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.02.2010
• EAN: 9780099540663
• ISBN: 978-0-09-954066-3
• No. of pages: 992
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 43 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary