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Anna Karenina

By: Leo Tolstoy
Narrated by: David Horovitch
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Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky.

Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude.

©1994 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Classics Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Russia
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What did you like most about Anna Karenina?

The character development; for the most part they were all incredibly believable.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Anna Karenina?

The train, when Anna returns from Moscow to Karenin with Vronsky in the background.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

When Anna finally gives in to Vronsky

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Definitely not. Too many characters, too many parts. It works better if you listen to a piece at a time.

Any additional comments?

I was hooked on this book until the end. Anna's final actions are incongruous with the rest of the book and destroy the strength of female 'sensibility.' There were so many more things she would have done and Tolstoy's choice tainted the rest of the book.

Did he really understand the women?

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This book is a brilliant exposition of the interior experience of love and human relationships.

Wonderfully insightful

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I would recommend this to anyone.

The novel is great - read it, listen to it, you won't regret it. It is close to being a perfect work of art.

This narration does it justice. It is stupendously good. Ever since I listened to this I've really struggled to find another book that I can bear listening to. I guess I'm just going to have to work my way through David Horovitch's others now.

Beautifully read

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This great book was ruined by the narrator, another smacking of lips and loud swallowing narrator, makes me shudder. Emphasis was wrong in most parts, ruined the moment many a time.

A beautiful book spoilt by David Horovitch

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A wonderful landscape of Russian life and love in the 19th century, a age gone.

Russian love

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A joy. Whilst sin may lead to madness we can invest in goodness if we so choose to. Just as relevant for us all today. Tolstoy makes the universal personal. My heart is with Ana's children.

Delicate and powerful

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What a stellar performance. He really makes this book. I’ve read Tolstoy before but this was spectacular - I think I understood it better and was really moved.

David Horovitch is fantastic

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The narrator was wonderful and the novel a great one, but large slabs were dull.

Overlong classic superbly read

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