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Anna Karenina |  | Authors: Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy
Creator: Davina Porter
Publisher: Recorded Books
Category: Book
List Price: $34.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 460025
Format: Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 30
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.3 x 4.1
ISBN: 1419305948
EAN: 9781419305948
ASIN: 1419305948
Publication Date: June 2004
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Product Description
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Thus begins Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece. Tolstoy's own spiritual crisis and his search for the meaning of life are deeply felt throughout this powerful tale about the growth and death of love. The touching picture of Anna Aarkadyevna Karenina's slow disintegration has fascinated readers for well over a century. Beautiful and charming, Anna lives in a splendid world of her own making. She smokes, rides horseback, plays tennis, takes opium, practices birth control, and-although she is already married-falls in love with a handsome army officer. Anna's life is played out against a backdrop of dazzling balls and the vastness of the Russian landscape. A magnificent story that shimmers with intelligence and passion, Anna Karenina is one of the most extraordinary novels ever written.
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 Even wonderful narration couldn't rescue this interminable "masterpiece" September 11, 2009
Michele
Davina Porter's narration is - as always - exceptional. However, even she cannot make this dull and rambling book interesting. There is no doubt as to Tolstoy's skill as a writer, and the scenes involving Anna's life were good. His depiction of her descent into depression, despair and semi-madness was particularly well-done. Unfortunately, the story of Anna was constantly interrupted by the story of Levin and Kitty which was interminably long, interminably dull, in short, interminable. I don't know why the book is even called "Anna Karenina" or why she is considered the focal point and main character, since her story only occupies about 1/3 of the book and the rest is taken up by Levin and company. Even at the end, after she has killed herself, very little more is said about Vronsky, and nothing at all about the reactions or fate of Karenin or Anna's children. Instead, Tolstoy immediately returns to Levin and his endless ponderings about religion and the meaning of life. Who cares?! I wanted to know what happened to those close to Anna!
Perhaps if I had read a hard copy (as opposed to listening to an audio version) I wouldn't have disliked the book so much since I would have been able to skip the parts about Levin and Kitty and just read the episodes about Anna, Vronsky and Karenin. Instead, I was forced to endure their dramatic and well-told story being constantly interrupted by the b-o-r-i-n-g one of Levin and company.
My recommendation: if you are so adamant a devotee of the classics that you feel you must read this book, read a paper copy so that you can skip the rambling, tedious parts that have nothing to do with Anna's story, anyway. This one has definitely failed my bookshelf test. There is no way I would endure listening to these 30 CDs again; instead, I will donate it to my local library.
Anna Karenina July 8, 2009
Dianna M. Alsing
Product arrived quickly. Condition was not "Used-Like New" as stated. CD's were in good shape but the box was worn and not "Like New".
 A great work, a great listen April 14, 2008
N. C. Theophilou (Melbourne, Victoria Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
a very enjoyable book to listen to, however, what translation is being used. Can anyone help me on this?
 Bad sound quality ruins a good production January 21, 2008
K. Potthoff
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Be warned. The sound quality on these CDs is very poor. They sound like highly compressed MP3s. Why they would do this is baffling, and if I was the narrator of the set I'd be furious with the finished product.
There's another unabridged Anna Karenina CD set by Blackstone books read by Nadia May that has better sound quality, though still not great.
On the other hand the 2 volume unabrigeded War and Peace set by Naxos AudioBooks, 2006 has a great narrator and crystal clear uncompressed sound. It's more expensive than this set, but a magical experience to listen to. In contrast, this set should have been great, but I soon gave up since it sounds like I'm listening to the narrator through a lousy modem instead of in my living room by a warm fire.
Anna Karenina Audio Book October 14, 2007
Ben Emo (NY USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I received the collection of CD's the day after I purchased them, and they were all in perfect condition. I received exactly what the description said and would recommend the Anna Karenina Audiobook to anyone.
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