Anna Karenina

图书标准信息

• 作者 Leo Tolstoy（列夫·托尔斯泰） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1984-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213461
• 定价 29.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 1001页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AnnaKarenina(АннаКаренина)isanovelbytheRussianwriterLeoTolstoyfirstpublishedinperiodicalinstallmentsfrom1875to1877.ThenovelfirstappearedasaserialintheperiodicalRuskiiVestnik("RussianMessenger")--butTolstoyclashedwithitseditorMikhailKatkovoverissuesthataroseinthefinalinstallment.Therefore,thenovel'sfirstcompleteappearancewasinbookform.

Widelyregardedasapinnacleinrealistfiction,Tolstoyconsideredthisbookhisfirsttruenovel.ThecharacterofAnnawaslikelyinspired,inpart,byMariaHartung(1832–1919),theelderdaughteroftheRussianpoetAlexanderPushkin.Soonaftermeetingheratdinner,TolstoystartedreadingPushkin'sproseandoncehadafleetingdaydreamof"abareexquisitearistocraticelbow",whichprovedtobethefirstintimationofAnna'scharacter.

AlthoughmostRussiancriticspannedthenovelonitspublicationasa"triflingromanceofhighlife",FyodorDostoevskydeclaredittobe"flawlessasaworkofart".HisopinionissecondedbyVladimirNabokov,whoespeciallyadmired"theflawlessmagicofTolstoy'sstyle"andthemotifofthemovingtrain,whichissubtlyintroducedinthefirstchapters(thechildrenplayingwithatoytrain)andinexorablydevelopedinsubsequentchapters(Anna'snightmare),thusheraldingthenovel'smajesticfinale.

Amagnificentdramaofvengeance,infidelity,andretribution,"AnnaKareninaportraysthemovingstoryofpeoplewhoseemotionsconflictwiththedominantsocialmoresoftheirtime.Sensual,rebelliousAnnafallsdeeplyandpassionatelyinlovewiththehandsomeCountVronsky.Whensherefusestoconductthediscreetaffairthathercold,ambitioushusband(andRussianhighsociety)wouldcondone,sheisdoomed.SetagainstthetragicloveofAnnaandVronsky,theplightofthemelancholynoblemanKonstantineLevinunfolds.Indoubtaboutthemeaningoflife,hauntedbythoughtsofsuicide,Levin'sstrugglesechoTolstoy'sownspiritualcrisis.ButAnna'sinnerturmoilmirrorstheownemotionalimprisonmentandmentaldisintegrationofawomanwhodarestotransgressthestricturesofapatriarchalworld.In"AnnaKareninaLeoTolstoybroughttoperfectionthenovelofsocialrealismandcreatedamasterpiecethatbaredtheRussiansoul.

【作者简介】

Tolstoywasachampionofnonviolentprotest.Whenhewastwoyearsofagehismotherdied,andwhenninehisfatherdied.Tolstoyhadadefinitivesetofideasinregardstoreligionandphilosophy."Tolstoycondemnedcapitalism,privateproperty,andthedivisionoflabour.Civilizationingeneralheregardedasbad,emphasizingtheneedtomakelifeassimpleandprimitiveaspossible."(Benet's.)Hisideasledhimintoproblemswithhisfamily,hewasestrangedfromhisfamilyduringthelastofhislife.TwoofTolstoy'smostpopularworksareWar&PeaceandAnnaKarenina.