Anna Karenina (illustrated)

A magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, Anna Karenina
ortrays the moving story of people whose emotions conflict with the dominant
social mores of their time. Sensual, rebellious Anna falls deeply and
passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she refuses to
conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husband?and Russian high
society?would condone, she is doomed. Set against the tragic love of Anna and
Vronsky, the plight of the melancholy nobleman Konstantine Levin unfolds.
In doubt about the meaning of life, haunted by thoughts of suicide, Levin?s
struggles echo Tolstoy?s own spiritual crisis. But Anna?s inner turmoil
mirrors the emotional imprisonment and mental disintegration of a woman
who dares to transgress the strictures of a patriarchal world.

Includes unique illustrations.