{"product_id":"anna-karenina-7","title":"Anna Karenina","description":"\u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eseries, 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\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.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, \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and complex meditation on passionate love and disastrous infidelity. \u003cbr\u003eMarried 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\u003eSet 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\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Mandelker\u003c\/b\u003e, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the author of \u003ci\u003eFraming Anna Karenina: Tolstoy, the Woman Question, and the Victorian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eApproaches to Teaching Anna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e.\"","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48745619390719,"sku":"*R0134870*","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/5266303482755.jpg?v=1782514447","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/anna-karenina-7","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}