12, ISBN: 1230000028127

""Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a … More...

""Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life", Fyodor Dostoevsky declared it to be "flawless as a work of art". His opinion was shared by Vladimir Nabokov, who especially admired "the flawless magic of Tolstoy's style", and by William Faulkner, who described the novel as "the best ever written". The novel is currently enjoyi" ""Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life", Fyodor Dostoevsky declared it to be "flawless as a work of art". His opinion was shared by Vladimir Nabokov, who especially admired "the flawless magic of Tolstoy's style", and by William Faulkner, who described the novel as "the best ever written". The novel is currently enjoying popularity as demonstrated by a recent poll of 125 contemporary authors by J. Peder Zane, published in 2007 in The Top Ten, which declared that Anna Karenina is the "greatest novel ever written". The character of Anna was likely inspired, in part, by Maria Hartung (Russian spelling Maria Gartung, 1832-1919), the elder daughter of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Soon after meeting her at dinner, Tolstoy began reading Pushkin's prose and once had a fleeting daydream of "a bare exquisite aristocratic elbow", which proved to be the first intimation of Anna's character." Classics, Fiction & Literature, Anna Karenina~~ Leo Tolstoy~~Classics~~Fiction & Literature~~1230000028127, en, Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy, 1230000028127, Revenant, 12/01/2012, , , , Revenant, 12/01/2012<

12, ISBN: 1230000028127

Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "t… More...

Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life", Fyodor Dostoevsky declared it to be "flawless as a work of art". His opinion was shared by Vladimir Nabokov, who especially admired "the flawless magic of Tolstoy's style", and by William Faulkner, who described the novel as "the best ever written". The novel is currently enjoyi Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life", Fyodor Dostoevsky declared it to be "flawless as a work of art". His opinion was shared by Vladimir Nabokov, who especially admired "the flawless magic of Tolstoy's style", and by William Faulkner, who described the novel as "the best ever written". The novel is currently enjoying popularity as demonstrated by a recent poll of 125 contemporary authors by J. Peder Zane, published in 2007 in The Top Ten, which declared that Anna Karenina is the "greatest novel ever written". The character of Anna was likely inspired, in part, by Maria Hartung (Russian spelling Maria Gartung, 1832-1919), the elder daughter of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Soon after meeting her at dinner, Tolstoy began reading Pushkin's prose and once had a fleeting daydream of "a bare exquisite aristocratic elbow", which proved to be the first intimation of Anna's character. Classics, Fiction & Literature, Anna Karenina~~ Leo Tolstoy~~Classics~~Fiction & Literature~~1230000028127, en, Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy, 1230000028127, Revenant, 12/01/2012, , , , Revenant, 12/01/2012<

ISBN: 1230000028127

Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "t… More...

Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life, Revenant<

12, ISBN: 1230000028127

Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "t… More...

Anna Karenina", which Tolstoy considered his first true novel, is widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction. Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life Classics, Fiction & Literature, Anna Karenina~~ Leo Tolstoy~~Classics~~Fiction & Literature~~1230000028127, en, Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy, 1230000028127, Revenant, 12/01/2012, , , , Revenant, 12/01/2012<