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Anna Karenina

By: Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude - translator, Aylmer Maude - translator
Narrated by: Tamaryn Payne
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude.

Anna is a beautiful, intelligent woman whose passionate affair with the dashing Count Vronsky leads her to ruin. But her story is also about a search for meaning, and by twinning it with that of Levin, an awkward idealist whose happy marriage and domestic trials form the backdrop for a similar quest, Tolstoy creates a rich and complex masterpiece that has captured the imagination of readers and listeners for decades.

The Vintage Classic Russians Series: Published for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, these are must-have editions of six epic masterpieces that have survived controversy, censorship and suppression to influence decades of thought and artistic expression.

Public Domain (P)2020 Penguin Audio Classics Russia

Critic reviews

"One of the greatest love stories in world literature." (Vladimir Nabokov)
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really lost interest in the book quite early on, it's simply too long for my tastes

good story but soooo long

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A genuinely enjoyable book that I recommend though the last hour and a bit dragged

Very good narration

It was a relief to read and to now be over

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This is the Maude translation which I read along with this audiobook after giving up on the Constance Garnett translation.

I'm glad to have had the company of Tamaryn Payne's beautiful voice bringing one of my new favourite novels to life.

The inner dialogue of characters is so important in Anna Karenina and Tamaryn Payne seemed to capture every emotion and struggle that they each went through.

The only aspect she falters on slightly is her narration of male characters, which sounded slightly humorous to my ear, especially when there are two or three male characters having a conversation, I found myself laughing on a few occasions. Though it should be said that Oblonsky and Levin are quite funny and endearing characters, and I never at any point found the performance irritating. All the female characters she narrates perfectly and you feel attached to every aspect of their humanity and their fates.

I would highly recommend this audiobook.

Wonderful novel, beautifully performed

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