Leo Tolstoy's most personal novel Anna Karenina scrutinizes fundamental ethical and
theological questions through the tragic story of its eponymous heroine. Anna is desperately
pursuing a good Moral life standing for honesty and sincerity. Passion drives her to adultery
and this flies in the face of the corrupt Russian bourgeoisie. Meanwhile the aristocrat
Konstantin Levin is struggling to reconcile reason with passion espousing a Christian
anarchism that Tolstoy himself believed in. Acclaimed by critics and readers alike Anna
Karenina presents a poignant blend of realism and lyricism that makes it one of the most
perfect enduring novels of all time.
