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ITEM#: B-31211

TITLE: ANNA KARENINA

TYPE: L. TOLSTOY

PRICE: $9.99

Mineola, NY:"DOVER Publications", 2004, 752 pp., paperback (Dover thrift editions). ISBN 0486437965. In English. Tolstoy's tumultuous tale of passion and self-discovery marks a turning point in the author's career. His compelling, emotional saga recounts the effects of nonconformist behavior a society man's adulterous affair and a landowner's unconventional quest for a meaningful existence against a backdrop of late 19th-century Russia.

A beautiful society wife from St.Petersburg, determined to live life on her own terms, sacrifices everything to follow her conviction that love is stronger than duty. A socially inept but warm-hearted landowner pursues his own vision instead on conforming to conventional views. The adulteress and the philosopher head the vibrant cast of characters in "Anna Karenina", Tolstoy's tumultuous tale of passion and self-discovery.