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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Author:
Leo Tolstoy
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Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
25
Narrator
12
Release Date
July 30, 2020
Duration
36 hours 59 minutes
Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.


This Penguin Classic is performed by Miranda Pleasence, the stage and television actress best known for her roles in Notes on a Scandal, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and The Affair of the Necklace. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Richard Pevear.

Tolstoy's epic novel of love, destiny and self-destruction.

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. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself.

This acclaimed modern translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky won the PEN/ Book of the Month Club Translation Prize in 2001.

'The new and brilliantly witty translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is a must' - Lisa Appignanesi, Independent, Books of the Year

'Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English, and their superb rendering allows us, as perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of Tolstoy's 'characters, acts, situations'' - James Wood, New Yorker


Translation copyright © Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky 2003 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Reviews
Profile Avatar Michael Hermelijn Dec 2021

It is a deep book if i do say so myself. Complicated characters and plot structures but in a good way. The narrator is pleasant and makes you feel like you are listening to a sophisticated topic but also letting u feel the elation or sadness of the characters.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Dec 2025

It’s soo good and the narrator is phenomenal and easy to follow not complicated nor boring perfect

Profile Avatar Anonymous Aug 2025

lovely book, the reader puts so much effort in as well.

Profile Avatar Sofia Stefani W. Jun 2025

This book is haunting and beautiful. Highly recommend!

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