Find out how long your favourite books are and how they compare to their. Anna karenina characters from litcharts the creators of. Anna karenina word cloud classics kindle edition by. Anna karenina is a keepsake to be read and treasured.
Although, the most recent anna karenina 2012 movie suggests that a. Surprisingly, all the translators ruled that the part of annas anatomy that she believed repelled, repulsed, disgusted or offended. 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. Kitty shcherbatsky starts out anna karenina like the kind of high society girls that. Many writers consider anna karenina the greatest work of literature ever and tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. The book opens with anna arriving on a scene of family chaos which. Chronicling the turbulent affair between anna karenina and count vronsky, tolstoy weaves a parallel plot of selfdiscovery and a turn to. Challenge yourself with english vocabulary from tolstoys.
But after a period of close to 2 months, i have finally finished this epic and i feel that tolstoy was a man par excellence. Schwartz cites as well its remarkable narrative economy, all the more astonishing given its considerable length, and the abundance of characters almost more memorable than ones acquaintances outside the book even those readers only meet for a few moments. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy published by vintage books on 1877 genreslists. Here are the titles, authors, and word count of those novels. In this novel, tolstoy portrays both a happy and an unhappy family.
Count lev leo nikolaevich tolstoy was born at vasnaya polyana in the russian province of tula in 1828. 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. Based on the classic leo tolstoy novel of the same name, it focuses on the tragic title charact. Epic novels are works of fiction that are 110,000 words or over. Emily bronte was, by comparison, frugal with her words. Konstantin levin, stivas friend, arrives in moscow to propose to the eighteen year old kitty shtcherbatsky. Near the end of anna karenina, in book seven, theres an extraordinary passage that concerns the birth of russian landowner konstantin levins first child. There are no hardandfast rules when it comes to what word count a novel.
Rosamund bartlett, 2014 if there are as many heads as there are minds, then there must be as many kinds of love as there are hearts. Anna karenina book length search engine reading length. Anna karenina is no romeo and juliet story of starcrossed teenagers unjustly destroyed by their elders cruel laws, but a story of adults vexed by boundaries. Annas adultery, for example, provides the necessity that is, the structure in which anna, vronsky, karenin must retrench their values to. Anna karenina which english translation of anna karenina. Anna karenina is, as one critic put it, a crosssection of russian life. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long it will take you to read. Some people say anna karenina is the single greatest novel ever written, which makes about as much sense to me as trying to determine the worlds greatest color. These free notes consist of about 58 pages 17,387 words and contain the following sections. Your guide to understanding anna karenina war and peacethis marks one more book for the classics club, as well as a book translated from its original language for the 2012 back to the classics challenge.
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 karenina word cloud classics kindle edition by leo. If not, play a matching game, download flashcards, or enjoy a crossword with my 25 challenging words from tolstoys anna karenina on word dynamo. A briefer novel can, at its best, carry the power of a poem. After speaking at length to a peasant, levin has a true change of heart, concluding that he does believe in the christian principles taught to him in.
Anna karenina by leo tolstoy, a free text and ebook for easy online reading, study, and reference. Lord love tolstoy, but he writes some dense material, and lots of it. Teacher editions with classroom activities for all 1291 titles we cover. Ive always been afraid of picking him up because, well, the russians are just so daunting but, since im trying to read some of the books from the. 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 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 chapter 23 chapter 24. 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. Anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian. 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.
Anna karenina begins with the oftquoted line, happy families are all alike. For the reasons i listed above,it truly is a masterpiece. New translations of tolstoys anna karenina the new. Anna karenina, novel by leo tolstoy, published in installments between 1875 and 1877 and considered one of the pinnacles of world literature. Anna karenina musical anna karenina is a musical with a book and lyrics by peter kellogg and music by daniel levine. Historical necessity is illustrated in anna karenina according to the personal destinies of the main characters as they react to changing circumstances. Pronunciation of karenina with 1 audio pronunciation, 5 translations, 1 sentence and more for karenina. A crisis develops in the oblonsky household when dolly finds out about her husbands affair.
He inherited the family title aged 19, quit university and after a period of the kind of dissolute aristocratic life so convincingly portrayed in his later novels, joined the army, where he started to. Stivas sister, anna karenina, arrives to reconcile the couple and dissuades dolly from getting a divorce. Anna kareninas nearperfection as an instance of literary form is partly responsible. Is anna karenina an easy or difficult book to read answers and views.
The hoopla over richard pevear and larissa volokhonskys translation of anna karenina in 2000 made me think i was going to have a doubly intense experience, more than i. Anna karenina is a novel by the russian writer leo tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian messenger. To spice things up a bit, he centered the story on an illicit affair, a passionate liaison between the books main female protagonist, anna karenina, and the charming young count vronsky. The free anna karenina notes include comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. Then, on every page i read two or three sentences with glaring grammatical errors. I thought, o, this is simply because tolstoy wrote this novel in the 1870s. I have recently read this book with few digressions here and there. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. The novel anna karenina starts with one of its most often quoted lines. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy free online book and ebooks.
I am very disappointed with this edition of anna karenina. Detailed quotes explanations with page numbers for every important quote on the site. Why is anna karenina admired as a literary masterpiece and. In the united states, melville took 206,052 words to compose mobydick. This page is made for those who dont know how to pronounce anna karenina in english. 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. Now available as part of the word cloud classics series, the novel is a must have.
Tolstoy clashed with its editor mikhail katkov over political issues that arose in the final installment tolstoy. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy translated by constance garnett. Clocking in at hours 49 minutes, leo tolstoys anna karenina will take up a considerable amount of your time, so make sure your schedule is clear before you begin reading it. Themes in anna karenina cliffsnotes study guides book.
Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Above there is a transcription of this term and an audio file with correct pronunciation. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. In beginning, you need to say sound an, than say uh and after all other syllables krennuh. The narrative centres on the adulterous affair between anna, wife of aleksey karenin, and count vronsky, a young bachelor. The average reader will spend 23 hours and 3 minutes reading anna karenina at 250 wpm words per minute. The maude one was a little easier to read, i thought. Anna and vronsky meet and fall in love very early on in the novel, and for the next several hundred pages their drama plays out across the social scenes of. Famous book series and novel word counts number of words. After annas death, tolstoy goes on for about one eight of the novel to talk about levin, his married life, his. Buy anna karenina word cloud classics 1st by leo tolstoy, constance garnett isbn.
Anna, miserable in her loveless marriage, does the barely thinkable and succumbs to her desires for the dashing. Similar books to anna karenina word cloud classics. Anna karenina is a novel by the russian author leo tolstoy, first published in book form in. I think the daily totals, what you put out in work for a single day are important, what the length of the story is, in total, in unimportant, as a number. Tolstoy was, by comparison, a slacker in creating anna karenina. Here are some words i loved and wanted to challenge you to see if you know the definitions. This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a. To find your reading speed you can take one of our wpm tests. Tolstoy clashed with editor mikhail katkov over political issues that arose in the final installment tolstoys negative views of russian volunteers going to fight in serbia. Just as the famous quote goes, tolstoy brought me back to the russian society in the 19th century, leading me to ponder over the meaning of love, family, ethics, religion, as for the whole life. Do you know the words pecuniary, laconic, loquacity and coterie. Anna karenina word cloud classics tolstoy, leo, garnett, constance on. Based on the title of the novel, youd probably assume that the whole book is about anna karenina. New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars.