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A review by sarabearian
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
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The status this novel enjoys as a master work--Nabokov calls it "immortal"--is thanks to Tolstoy's incomparable ability to observe and describe. From deep inside to the skies above, a great writer inhabits the very souls of his or her characters and the milieu in which they move. This is the achievement of "Anna Karenina", and the unobtainable mark of lesser writers.
Vivid. Tolstoy maintains the lives of his characters in ways that draw the reader in, make understood her feelings or his motivations with an omniscience which always cuts to the chase. The author feeds into the portrayal of Lyovin much of his own self, and this novel could have been entitled "Konstantin Lyovin", as his relationship with Kitty begins, ends, and provides the core of the story, against which Anna's and Vronski's story stands in contrast.
Such a profound and moving story must have a moral, n'est-ce pas? If so, is it too pat and plain to say that we should seek for goodness? The reader must decide.
What drives Anna to her fate?
Do Lyovin's soul settlements satisfy?
A great novel demands our own conclusions. -Allan M.
The status this novel enjoys as a master work--Nabokov calls it "immortal"--is thanks to Tolstoy's incomparable ability to observe and describe. From deep inside to the skies above, a great writer inhabits the very souls of his or her characters and the milieu in which they move. This is the achievement of "Anna Karenina", and the unobtainable mark of lesser writers.
Vivid. Tolstoy maintains the lives of his characters in ways that draw the reader in, make understood her feelings or his motivations with an omniscience which always cuts to the chase. The author feeds into the portrayal of Lyovin much of his own self, and this novel could have been entitled "Konstantin Lyovin", as his relationship with Kitty begins, ends, and provides the core of the story, against which Anna's and Vronski's story stands in contrast.
Such a profound and moving story must have a moral, n'est-ce pas? If so, is it too pat and plain to say that we should seek for goodness? The reader must decide.
What drives Anna to her fate?
Do Lyovin's soul settlements satisfy?
A great novel demands our own conclusions. -Allan M.