Una de las mas impresionantes caracteristicas de la obra de Tolstoy es su capacidad para hacer un profundo estudio psicologico de sus personajes. En Ana Karenina, que con Guerra y paz conforma el duo de monumentos que el gran escritor ruso lego a la literatura universal, Tolstoy no usa el horizonte epico sino situaciones domesticas para crear una novela que es casi un poema. La lucha de la protagonista contra un matrimonio sin amor, lleva a instantes de autentica tragedia, en que se destaca el valor humano por el que tanto abogo Tolstoy. Dostoyevsky la considero como una obra de arte perfecta y es un honor poder presentar este clasico inolvidable y lleno de accion dentro de esta serie.
Ana is a good, moral woman, but she simply cannot resist, is not strong enough to resist, this tragic dangerous romantic temptation of the persistent Count. But even though the premise is a very familiar one that had already been done by many authors time and time again, Tolstoy's talent covers it with a depth and freshness that makes this one of the most powerful novels of the 19th century.
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"Tolstoy writes like nobody else I have ever read. He can describe the simplest or most complex situation or human emotion "eyes and smiles" are what make you fall in love. Anna, Levin, Vronsky, Kitty, Dolly, what unforgettable characters. A great read. " — Magdad (5 out of 5 stars)
"Tolstoy writes like nobody else I have ever read. He can describe the simplest or most complex situation or human emotion "eyes and smiles" are what make you fall in love. Anna, Levin, Vronsky, Kitty, Dolly, what unforgettable characters. A great read. "
" Read it twice. Page turner both times. "
" Well I sure did get a lot to think about from this book. So many what-ifs. "
" Listened on audio book. About 40 hours. Glad I finished it because I always thought I should have read it. Think Tolstoy figured out no one would read it if it weren't named after the most tragic figure. "
" Snoozefest. I don't know how anyone can get through the entire book. I sure didn't. I gave up somewhere around Part 6. Too drawn out and redundant. "
" Loved this book!!!!! It should have been called Konstantin Levin though, seeing as it was much more about him. Enjoyed every minute of this, although I wasn't super interested in the class struggles and peasant talk. "
" I saw the recent movie adaptation. There's so much more in the book. I marveled at Tolstoy's character development and his acute understanding of people's perceptions and reasoning. My what a great thinker he was. "
" Much much more than a love story -- this novel (maybe the best of all time) -- purveys an intimate look at every human emotion. "
" Part romance, part agricultural textbook, part religious and philosophical treaty. It's fun reading if you can stomach it. "
" A classic novel....and loved every minute of reading it!!! "
" Hard going, but a true classic worth persevering with. "
" I first read this as a teen and was disappointed in it now. The jealousies of the various characters were annoying. I wonder how any young readers feel about it today. "
" read it at least 5 times, one of my fav books ever! "
" Amazing story. I re-read this every few years. "
" Another great book I should have read long ago, and now I want to read what others have said about it. "
" Such a sad and tragic story of a women wed to young to know love and then finds in against the acceptable ways of society. Today no one would bat an eye but back then it was such a huge scandal it left children motherless. "
" tolstoy has succeeded to show his thoughts of criticism for the political era at that time, wrote them down into an outstanding love story "
" Loved it. Very impressed with Tolstoy's insights into human psychology. "
" This would be a great book to discuss although I did not consider it an easy read. "
" I read the Magarshack translation. A great book. "
" A very long soap opera. Some parts of the book were page turners, other parts were a drag to get through. Very good author and can display the characters emotions on you with precision, overall not bad. "
" This was the perfect book to read while snowed in for weeks! ( well, snowed in by choice) "
" This was a long one, but I got attached to the characters. It's a good one. "
" To think I'd have anything to add... Tolstoy is always so deeply, deeply human. And I love him for it. "
" Takes a long time, but well worth it! "
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was born about two hundred miles from Moscow. His mother died when he was two, his father when he was nine. His parents were of noble birth, and Tolstoy remained acutely aware of his aristocratic roots, even when he later embraced doctrines of equality and the brotherhood of man. After serving in the army in the Caucasus and Crimea, where he wrote his first stories, he traveled and studied educational theories. In 1862 he married Sophia Behrs and for the next fifteen years lived a tranquil, productive life, finishing War and Peace in 1869 and Anna Karenina in 1877. In 1879 he underwent a spiritual crisis; he sought to propagate his beliefs on faith, morality, and nonviolence, writing mostly parables, tracts, and morality plays. Tolstoy died of pneumonia in 1910 at the age of eighty-two.
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