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About The Novel....
The novel "Anna Karenina" was written by Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (above). Lev was born on August 28th, 1828 to Countess Maria Volkonsky and Count Nicolay Illyich Tolstoy. He was their fourth child and was born into a long line of Russian ancestors. Tolstoy was married in September of 1862, when he was thirty four years old. He married nineteen year old Sofia 'Sonia' Andreyevna Behrs. They had twelve children together, one who died in birth. Tolstoy wrote many different works, his most famous being "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina". Lev began the story, "Anna Karenina", in 1873 and completed it in 1877. Tolstoy suffered from depression and often had suicidal thoughts. His feeling of depression can be seen among the lines of "Anna Karenina", because they affected the tone of his writing in a deep and powerful way. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy died from pneumonia on November 20th, 1910.

 Plot Synopsis...
//“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. But if you don’t love me, it would be better and more honest to say so.”// //("Anna Karenina")//


"Anna Karenina" is a tragic love story, and it is a story that shows a side of love that most people tend to ignore. "Anna Karenina" shows the ugly side of love, or the unfaithful side of love. At the same time, it shows how beautiful love c an be when it is with the person you are truly meant to be with for your entire life. To summarize this novel completely in a few sentences, would prove to be impossible, but the general gist of it is in the following. "Anna Karenina" is about seven different main characters: Stiva Oblonsky, Dolly Oblonskaya, Anna Karenina, Karenin, Konstantin Levin, and Alexei Vronsky. The story follows their lives showing joy, grief, love, despair, commitment, and unfaithfulness. "Anna Karenina" shows each character's tangled love life from a unnamed narrator's point of view, yet the re ader is still able to know what the characters are thinking. This beautifully written novel has enchanted hundreds of readers for decades, and "Anna Karenina" will continue to enchant more readers as time goes on. 


 

What Worked:
The best part of "Anna Karenina" is the plot. A reader may ask, "Why the plot?" The plot is clearly the best part of this novel, because of how complex, yet simple it is at the same time. Every single detail in the novel adds to the plot in some way, shape, or form. The things that would seem to have the smallest effect tend to have the largest and most unexpected effect. Details that the reader accidentally misses or skips over, are some of the details that have the most impact on the final resolution of this novel. Another great thing about "Anna Karenina" is the character development. During the story, the reader is given an excellent insight on how each individual character changes and developments from the beginning of the novel till the end of the novel. An example of a character who changes is Anna Karenina. In the beginning of the novel, Anna is a carefree young girl, who loves her family and her husband. At the end of the novel, she is a depressed lady who has been aged beyond her years. The interesting thing is that the reader is able to witness this change in character and see how it occurs. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">What Didn't Work:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">As wonderful of a novel as "Anna Karenina" is, there are some things that could have been edited or changed. One thing about the book is that it is a difficult read. It is not a novel for someone who simply wants a quick, easy to follow read. To read "Anna Karenina" requires concentration and dedication. Another thing that is difficult to comprehend about "Anna Karenina" is the time period it is set in. Nearly everything about the novel is difficult to follow and hard to comprehend. <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #229696; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Literary Information:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Anna Karenina" is a tragedy and a novel. The main style of "Anna Karenina" is descriptive. Lev Tolstoy uses many difference adjectives to describe the setting, characters, time and place. Each word has a specific purpose in describing the novel and in explaining what is going on. Every single word has a need, a desire, to be placed in this novel. For without one of these words, "Anna Karenina" would never have become the wild success that it is.

<span style="color: #004080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What Makes "Anna Karenina" An Outstanding Book?
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Anna Karenina" is an outstanding book for many different reasons. They are:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It provides an in depth look into Russian society in the 1870's.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The novel shows the tragic side of love.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Anna Karenina" has a twisted plot and a surprising resolution.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It uses large words that help the reader with comprehension abilities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The novel raises many questions about life, love, self-destruction, and hope.

Would I Recommend This Book?
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Absolutely! This novel is fantastic, and I truly enjoyed it. The novel provides a different view on love, it contains hope, and at the same time, it is a tragedy. In a way, reading this novel is like eating a sweet and sour candy. The book starts out sweet, but ends sour, because of the tragic things that occur. Anyone who is looking for a different viewpoint on love, or anyone who is looking for information about society in Russia during the 1870's would definitely enjoy this book. However, the reader must be warned that it is a difficult read, but if they are willing to persevere through it, they will find that they have completed reading a rich and rewarding novel.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Below Is A Video Trailer From The Movie, "Anna Karenina"
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Works Cited:

 * 1) Tolstoy, Leo. //Anna Karenina.// Bantam Books: 1960.
 * 2) "Anna Karenina Trailer" Youtube.com. 20, May 2008. []
 * 3) Leo Tolstoy Photo. 21, Jan. 2010. []
 * 4) Broken Heart with band-aid photo. 21, Jan. 2010. []
 * 5) Writing pencil photo. 21, Jan. 2010.[]