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jade_flynn 's review for:
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
For years I've had this mental block when it came to approaching Russian classics. Anna Karenina surprised me in a good way. The only reason why I couldn't give it five stars is because I thought the writing was going to be more lyrical and I found the language to be predominantly basic. There were a few passages especially when discussing philosophy which were melodious but unfortunately, they were few and far between. I wanted lavish and sumptuous descriptions but maybe that's a fault of translating Russian into English. All in all I'm glad that this served as my introduction to the vast body of Russian Literature. The characters shined. War and Peace, anyone?