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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Sigh.

We all have those books that we build up with the loftiest of expectations, only to be left underwhelmed and winded. Sorry, "AK" doesn't do it for me. I know, I know; I'm sorry. If coaxed into reading a chronicle of an adulterous female, I'd rather pick "Madame Bovary," because at least it focuses more on the central woman.