Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
A wonderful drama of revenge, infidelity and revenge, Anna Karenina depicts the touching story of people whose emotions contradict the dominant social traditions of the time. Sensually, rebellious Anna deeply and passionately falls in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she refuses to have a restrained romance that pampers her cold, ambitious husband and Russian high society, she is doomed. Against the tragic love of Anna and Vronsky, the plight of the melancholic nobleman Konstantin Levin is revealed. Doubting the sense of life haunted by suicidal thoughts, Lewins struggles with the repercussions of Tolstoy's own spiritual crisis. But Anna's inner turmoil reflects the emotional imprisonment and mental disintegration of a woman who dares to overcome the constraints of the patriarchal world.
