Tolstoy is way too crafty for that while anna is one focus of tolstoys intense psychological analysis, the novel is about a lot more than just one woman. Francine prose, author of blue angel and my new american life. Tolstoy was, by comparison, a slacker in creating anna karenina. Leo tolstoys historical novel on the napoleonic invasion of russia has.
Yes, the countess and i have been talking all the time. There are a lot of theories about why the length of all novels has increased. Here are the titles, authors, and word count of those novels. She rationalizes anna and vronsky s affair because she wants to keep benefitting from their luxurious lifestyle, but towards the end of the novel, even she abandons anna.
Anna karenina, 1948 stars vivien leigh in the title role. Why leo tolstoys anna karenina transcends the ages film. The source of tolstoys next great novel, anna karenina, lies in an idea that he conveyed to his wife in 1870. From the awardwinning translators of anna karenina and. Anna karenina questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on anna karenina. A month or so later, i picked up my hardcover anna karenina maude translation from every mans library but that was over a year ago.
Anna arkadyevna, the countess said in explanation to her son, has a little son eight years old, i believe, and she has never been parted from him before, and she keeps fretting over leaving him. Chapterindexed hypertext and ebooks for anna karenina by leo tolstoy. Anna karenina, novel by leo tolstoy, published in installments between 1875 and 1877 and considered one of the pinnacles of world literature. Madame karenina stood quite still, holding herself very erect, and her eyes were smiling. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading anna karenina word cloud classics. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Well, we all know that print size can vary to the extreme, so im using word count. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out.
When i first started reading anna karenina, ten years agoim obsessed with the book, and have read it seven times since theni, too, thought of it as a love story. Annas death death, like love, is a pervasive force in all of tolstoys major worksbut it has a special power in anna karenina, where the death of our heroine takes place under tragic circumstances at a critical point in the novel. Part one chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17. More than any other book, it persuades me that there is. I started reading the maude translation of anna karenina, but before i could finish it, i had to return it to the library, i read the rest of the book in the constance garret translation. Anna had already gone into the country, not far from the capital, to the summer datcha at peterhof. Famous book series and novel word counts number of words. Anna karenina, 1985 another movie version of anna karenina, this one starring jacqueline bisset as anna and christopher reeve as vronsky. Doubt befriended procrastination and a year of waiting went by.
In it tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in literature. Anna karenina, 187377, by leo tolstoy 349,736 tolstoy. Anna karenina leo tolstoy a before reading 1 do this quiz about the author, tolstoy. Anna karenina word cloud classics kindle edition by. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. We have already come through the prolonged illness and death of levins beloved brother nikolai.
For example, atonement has a word count of 123,378 and my utility comes up with 110,765 words. Acclaimed by many as the worlds greatest novel, anna karenina provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in russia and of humanity in general. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage to follow her heart and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. In my opinion,tolstoys anna karenina should be mentioned in the same breath with da vincis mona lisa and michelangelos david,except in the russian novels case,you do not have to spend much to appreciate it. The book settled down on my shelf where i kept staring at it with intimidation. For example, one of my favorite movies of all time is roman holiday, so naturally when i visited rome i wanted to meet a gorgeous american journalist and see all of the sights from a small scooter and end up dancing on a barge at midnight. Anna karenina characters from litcharts the creators of. I get something in my head, some perfect image, and thats the way i want things to be. Early in the spring, anna kareninas husband went abroad, according to his annual custom, to take the watercure after the toils of winter. Anna karenina which english translation of anna karenina.
Many writers consider anna karenina the greatest work of literature ever and tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. Wikisource has original writing related to this article. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy full text free book part 322. Cliffsnotes study guides are written by real teachers and professors, so no matter what youre studying, cliffsnotes can ease your homework headaches and help you score high on exams. The project gutenberg ebook of anna karenina, by leo tolstoy this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. This edition uses the same translation by nathan haskell dole used in the first 1886 us edition by thomas crowell. If youre looking for word counts of your favorite books or series, then youve come to the right place. Chronicling the turbulent affair between anna karenina and count vronsky. The walter scott edition was the first uk edition to be published with more care in its presentation, materials and book quality. Anna s and oblonsky s elderly aunt, princess varvara, is notorious for living off other peoples largess. Whether youre just curious about how many words are in these books or youre writing a book and want to compare the length of your novel to these famous tomes, then read on to find the word counts of famous books and series. Anna goes through an evolution from being near perfection to being a character marred by adultery, jealousy and spite.
Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. A beautiful iconoclast eventually destroyed by her own insecurity. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. The ultimate measure of a storys size is its wordcount, however, so the. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy translated by constance garnett. Among the vast number of contradictory phenomena i dont understand there is this. The maude one was a little easier to read, i thought. Anna karenina sometimes anglicised as anna karenin is a novel by the. The second plot, however, taking a little more space in this book, is the story about count levin, his internal struggle with religion, and his pursuit of his everyday work at his farm.
Anna karenina, leo tolstoy, large 14 point font print. Why do americans seem to have a decreasing attention span witness the popularity of tweets and the fact that interest in a youtube video declines after thirty seconds while at the same time publishers and presumably readers want longer novels. Search results for anna karenina sorted by relevance. The book opens with anna arriving on a scene of family chaos which. The novel anna karenina starts with one of its most often quoted lines. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian. Sergei alexeyitch karenin seriozha annas son whom she is forced to leave for her lovers sake. He wanted to write a story about a married woman who is disgraced by a sexual. All though, the story is not as simple as it sounds for it has several more characters like a woman called kitty and a man called levin, mr karenina. Only 3% of english native speakers know the meaning of this word. Anna karenina, 1935 this movie version stars greta garbo as anna karenina.
Anna karenina by leo tolstoy full text free book part 222. Anna returns to her husband, count alexei alexandrovich karenin, a senior government official, and her son, seryozha, in st. Anna karenina, leo tolstoy, large 14 point font print tolstoy, leo on. For the reasons i listed above,it truly is a masterpiece. Sharp objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility calculates it at 80,7. For example, i read a lot of mysteries, and it turns out that. Leo tolstoy 1828 1910, translated by constance garnett 1861 1946 anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Commercial use of the word lists at is expressly prohibited unless requested and permission granted. Alexey alexandrovitch karenin annas deceived husband. Many, yes, but there are exceptions due to the layout and font size of a particular book. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy free online book and ebooks. Anna karenina word cloud classics kindle edition by tolstoy, leo, garnett, constance.
The number of pages also doesnt help much, as publishers use different. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy meet your next favorite book. Anna arkadyevna karenina high society heroine whose love affair keynotes the novel. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenthcentury russia, the novels seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Anna karenina, 1977 a tv miniseries adaptation of tolstoys famous novel. These immediately apparent features account for the length of anna karenina. Anna karenina couldnt be less like a conventional modern novel. First of them, mostly known, is the story about anna karenina who falls in love with count vronsky, leaves her family and runs slowly into catastrophy. The change is so dramatic that it is terrifyingwe witness the disintegration of a human psyche. Anna karenina is a love story between the woman anna karenina and a young general. Anna karenina word cloud classics kindle edition by leo.
Instead of a barrage of metaphors describing things in terms of other things that they resemble, lev. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Petersburg, he at once resumed his official duties with the usual vigour. The 587,287 words in war and peace end up being 1,215 pages. The narrative centres on the adulterous affair between anna, wife of aleksey karenin, and count vronsky, a young bachelor. After speaking at length to a peasant, levin has a true change of heart, concluding that he. At the climax of anna karenina, annas final moment is represented as the extinguishing of a candle, by the light of which she had been reading that book filled with anxieties, deceptions. Anna karenina is a novel by the russian author leo tolstoy, first published in book form in. We tend to judge books on how thick they are, how many pages they have. He is a frigid, lonely man with an influential government position in st. Search for word count totals in books word counters. Similar books to anna karenina word cloud classics.
This vocabulary word list with definitions for anna karenina is arranged alphabetically. Based on the title of the novel, youd probably assume that the whole book is about anna karenina. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy, a free text and ebook for easy online reading, study, and reference. A briefer novel can, at its best, carry the power of a poem. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. Anna karenina pevearvolokhonsky translation by leo.
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