Leo Tolstoy’s most personal novel; Anna Karenina scrutinizes fundamental ethical and theological questions through the tragic story of its eponymous heroine. Anna is desperately pursuing a good; “moral” life; standing for honesty and sincerity. Passion drives her to adultery; and this flies in the face of the corrupt Russian bourgeoisie. Meanwhile; the aristocrat Konstantin Levin is struggling to reconcile reason with passion; espousing a Christian anarchism that Tolstoy himself believed in.
Acclaimed by critics and readers alike; Anna Karenina presents a poignant blend of realism and lyricism that makes it one of the most perfect; enduring novels of all time.
