Anna Karenina

Author: (Russia) Tolstoy
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: In St. Petersburg, the young and beautiful wife of the bureaucratic Karlinsky, Anna, meets the young officer Count Vronsky, and the two fall in love at first sight, quickly becoming deeply infatuated. In pursuit of true love and happiness, Vronsky abandons his career and sacrifices his future, while Anna ignores public opinion, abandoning her husband and beloved son, and the two resolutely leave. After living together for some time, Vronsky's passion cools down, but Anna cannot endure her love and ultimately becomes and commits suicide by lying on the tracks. The work exposes the hypocrisy and selfishness of the Russian aristocracy and bourgeoisie.