'The greatest love story I've ever read' Andrew Davies.
Leo Tolstoy was born in central Russia on 9 September 1828. In 1852 he published his first work, the autobiographical Childhood. He served in the army during the Crimean War and his Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6) are based on his experiences. His two most popular masterpieces are War and Peace (1864-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-8). He died in 1910.
One of the greatest love stories in world literature
*Vladimir Nabokov*
Tolstoy's historical and human sweep is breathtaking. His vision,
humanity and his knowledge that love and pain are at the heart of
life is the most important of all the profound truths revealed in
this great novel
*Jonathan Dimbleby*
In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy got totally inside the mind of a woman
who is prepared to lose everything for the sake of man and who is
so much in love that she commits suicide. I don't like her as a
woman, but I think it is a brilliant portrait, unequalled in
literature
*Independent*
I've read and re-read this novel and every time I find another
layer in the story
*Philippa Gregory*
I first read Anna Karenina 20 years ago when travelling across the
Peruvian desert on a long bus journey, and it has stayed with me
ever since
*Independent*
Gr 7 Up-Tolstoy's novel dramatized by BBC Radio. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
One of the greatest love stories in world literature -- Vladimir
Nabokov
Tolstoy's historical and human sweep is breathtaking. His vision,
humanity and his knowledge that love and pain are at the heart of
life is the most important of all the profound truths revealed in
this great novel -- Jonathan Dimbleby
In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy got totally inside the mind of a
woman who is prepared to lose everything for the sake of man and
who is so much in love that she commits suicide. I don't like her
as a woman, but I think it is a brilliant portrait, unequalled in
literature -- Amanda Craig * Independent *
I've read and re-read this novel and every time I find another
layer in the story -- Philippa Gregory
I first read Anna Karenina 20 years ago when travelling
across the Peruvian desert on a long bus journey, and it has stayed
with me ever since -- Hugh Thomson * Independent *
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