Anna Karenina

Author: Leo Tolstoy

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Anna Karenina seems to have everything – beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike, and soon brings jealousy and bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life – and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself.

This new translation has been acclaimed as the definitive English version of Tolstoy's masterpiece. The volume contains an introduction and a preface by John Bayley.

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Anna Karenina Film Tie In

By Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity, and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky.

Published: 21/11/2012

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141391892

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War and Peace: Pocket Penguin Classics

By Leo Tolstoy

St Petersburg, 1805: a city of glittering parties and socialites. Into this scene step three young people seeking fulfilment in their different ways. Pierre is looking for life's meaning, but his cheating wife is driving him insane. Cynical Audrey is unable to find true love. And Natasha's impulsive and affectionate nature could threaten her future happiness.

Published: 01/08/2006

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141025117

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Last Steps: The Late Writings of Leo Tolstoy

By Leo Tolstoy

'I think our life here has meaning only when we live in accordance with the commandment to love one another'

Published: 27/11/2009

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141191195

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What Is Art?

By Leo Tolstoy

During his decades of world fame as a novelist, Tolstoy also wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. These works culminated in What is Art? , published in 1898. Impassioned and iconoclastic, this powerfully influential work both criticizes the elitist nature of art in nineteenth-century Western society, and rejects the idea that its...

Published: 01/09/2003

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140446425

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A Confession & Other Religious Writing

By Leo Tolstoy

Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession (1879) is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. By the time he was fifty, Tolstoy had already written the novels that would assure him of literary immortality; he had a wife, a large estate and numerous children; he was 'a happy man' and in good health – yet life had lost its meaning...

Published: 01/12/1987

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140444735

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How Much Land Does a Man Need & Other Stories

By Leo Tolstoy

Published: 02/12/1993

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140445060

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The Cossacks and Other Stories: Stories of Sevastopol; The Cossacks; Hadji Murat

By Leo Tolstoy

In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. The four years that followed were among the most significant in his life, and deeply influenced the stories collected here. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, The Cossacks describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending...

Published: 17/10/2006

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140449594

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Master & Man & Other Stories: The Two Hussars; Strider; A Prisoner in The Caucasus

By Leo Tolstoy

The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, 'The Two Hussars' contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Illustrating Tolstoy's belief that art must serve a moral purpose, 'What Men...

Published: 18/07/2005

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140449624

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