Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a masterpiece of 19th-century Russian fiction, exploring love, marriage, and societal expectations. The novel centers on Anna, an intelligent and beautiful married woman whose affair with the dashing Count Vronsky shatters the moral codes of St. Petersburg high society. Amid this turbulence, the parallel story of Kitty and Levin develops into a contrasting search for meaningful existence on a rural estate.

This volume 1 of the Untitled series presents the Oxford World's Classics edition, featuring Rosamund Bartlett's acclaimed translation, praised for its precision and emotional depth. With expert introductions and notes, it provides essential context for Tolstoy's panoramic depiction of 1870s Russian life, from aristocratic salons to harvest fields. A landmark of historical and family life fiction, the novel's intricate psychological realism continues to resonate.