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synthecision 's review for:
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Generally rather dry and toilsome, despite some surprising insights into diverse characters. I'm unsure whether that's due to the frequent, lengthy expositions on the political and social machinations of Russia's contemporaneous aristocracy, and on the spiritual and philosophical machinations of individuals; to the quality of the translation; or to a gulf between the Russian and English languages and modes of expression. Perhaps it's a combination of all three.