{"product_id":"anna-karenina-3","title":"Anna Karenina","description":"\u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e, by Leo Tolstoy, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Biographies of the authors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Footnotes and endnotes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Comments by other famous authors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bibliographies for further reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Indices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e pulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vladimir Nabokov called Leo Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e \"one of the greatest love stories in world literature.\" Matthew Arnold claimed it was not so much a work of art as \"a piece of life.\" Set in imperial Russia, Anna Karenina is a rich and complex meditation on passionate love and disastrous infidelity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Married to a powerful government minister, Anna Karenina is a beautiful woman who falls deeply in love with a wealthy army officer, the elegant Count Vronsky. Desperate to find truth and meaning in her life, she rashly defies the conventions of Russian society and leaves her husband and son to live with her lover. Condemned and ostracized by her peers and prone to fits of jealousy that alienate Vronsky, Anna finds herself unable to escape an increasingly hopeless situation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Set against this tragic affair is the story of Konstantin Levin, a melancholy landowner whom Tolstoy based largely on himself. While Anna looks for happiness through love, Levin embarks on his own search for spiritual fulfillment through marriage, family, and hard work. Surrounding these two central plot threads are dozens of characters whom Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together, creating a breathtaking tapestry of nineteenth-century Russian society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From its famous opening sentence--\"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way\"--to its stunningly tragic conclusion, this enduring tale of marriage and adultery plumbs the very depths of the human soul.","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48395044454655,"sku":"*R0024643*","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/5251283482755_2ca955ce-8b9f-414e-a610-8cb7d44d57d2.jpg?v=1776183730","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/anna-karenina-3","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}