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Anna Karenin
by Leo Tolstoy
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A masterful novel, quite rightly regarded as the world's greatest. A perfect view into Russian realist literature through that of an oppressively close society, where questions of life's meaning, gender roles, and ownership play out through the lives of interconnected households. I love the characters, however unlikeable some of them are they are conjured so well that one cannot but admire them. A beautiful and ever-relevant reflection of the torment of being human in an age when the grasps of religion are beginning to slip.