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Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)

Type of Work:

Tragic love story

Setting

Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia; nineteenth century

Principal Characters

Robert Jordan, an American fighting with Spanish Loyalists
Anna Karenina, a beautiful young woman
Alexey, her cold, vindictive husband
Count Vronsky, a young military officer who falls in love with Anna
Stepan Oblonsky, Anna's spendthrift brother Dolly, Stepan's frustrated wife
Kitty, Dolly's sister
Levin, Stepan's rustic friend, and Kitty's suitor