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Anna Karenina
by Tolstoy, Leo
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 1937. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. An early Modern Library edition with 245 books listed on inside of jacket. In blue cloth with silver foil to type. Some softening/wear to corners and fading to spine ends. Front hinge split at title page with mull showing, bt still holding. Interior clean. Jacket is unclipped($1.10) with large chips to spine ends and smaller to corners and top of front panel. Numerous tears with splitting at flap creases and rear panel at spine with tape repairs inside and out. Previous owner's name and date(1937) to front flap. Modern Library Giant #G23.
Synopsis
Anna Karenina is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1877. The story is set in 19th-century Russia and follows the life of Anna Karenina, a married woman who embarks on an affair with the wealthy Count Vronsky. As their affair becomes more passionate, Anna must grapple with the societal norms and expectations of her time, which view infidelity as a serious transgression. The novel explores themes of love, desire, societal expectations, and the consequences of our actions. It is considered one of the greatest works of literature and a masterpiece of realist fiction. The long novel was first serialized in the Russian periodical Ruskii Vestnik from 1873 to 1877, and first appeared in book form in 1878.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008130LT
- Title
- Anna Karenina
- Author
- Tolstoy, Leo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- Modern Library Edition
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russian Literature;
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