
Considered to be Leo Tolstoy's most personal novel, Anna Karenina is an epic tale which scrutinizes fundamental moral & theological questions through the impassioned & tragic story of its eponymous heroine. Anna is desperately pursuing a good, 'moral' life, standing for honesty & sincerity, but this flies in the face of the morally corrupt Russian bourgeoisie. In the background to Anna's tale, the aristocrat Konstantin Levin is struggling to reconcile reason with passion, espousing a Christian anarchism that Tolstoy himself believed in. Championed by Nabokov & adored by Doestoevsky, Anna Karenina displays a poignant realism & innovative lyricism that makes it one of the most perfect, enduring novels of all time.