Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude and With an introduction and notes by W. Gareth Jones
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True love in opposition. Levin and Kitty's match set against the triangle of Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vronsky. How can Tolstoy's crushing rejection scene (drawn from his own life) be portrayed on screen? A new film adaptation of Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightly and directed by Joe Wright, has opened worldwide, and we've paired a scene from the film with an excerpt of the work below.
Posted on February 24, 2013
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How can Anna live without her lover Count Vronsky? One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina sets the impossible and destructive triangle of Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vronsky against the marriage of Levin and Kitty. We've paired an excerpt of the novel with a scene from the film adaptation, starring Keira Knightly and directed by Joe Wright, below. How do Tolstoy and Wright bring that fateful train station to life?
Posted on December 22, 2012
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It's Valentine's Day on Thursday, so let us celebrate the happiness of brief, all-encompassing love. We've paired a scene from the recent film adaptation of Anna Karenina, currently nominated for fours Oscars, with an excerpt of the novel below. In it, Anna and Vronsky discuss the happiness of their newfound love.
Posted on February 12, 2013
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A timely reminder to act while you still can for New Year's Eve... A new film adaptation of Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightly and directed by Joe Wright, has opened worldwide, so we wanted to put it to the test. How faithful is the script to the novel? We've paired a scene from the film with an excerpt of the work below. One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina sets the impossible and destructive triangle of Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vronsky against the marriage of Levin and Kitty, thus illuminating the most important questions that face humanity.
Posted on December 31, 2012
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One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina sets the impossible and destructive triangle of Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vronsky against the marriage of Levin and Kitty, thus illuminating the most important questions that face humanity. A new film adaptation of the novel, starring Keira Knightly and directed by Joe Wright, opens today in the United States. We've paired a scene from the film with an excerpt of the novel below.
Posted on November 16, 2012
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