(Original Review, 1981-02-24)If you're not familiar with the The Orthodox Church's intricacies, don't bother reading the novel. It might also to understand the social context in which Anna Karenina is set, which Tolstoy doesn't explain because he was writing for fellow members of the Orthodox Church...
one of the commonest and most generally accepted delusions is that every man can be qualified in some particular way; said to be kind, wicked, stupid, energetic, apathetic, and so on. people are not like that. we may say of a man that he is more often kind than cruel, more often wise than stupid, mo...
I read this as a teenager and didn't really appreciate it. But this time, with a divorce, and a lot of living under my belt it blew me away... a real classic..
I read this as a teenager and didn't really appreciate it. But this time, with a divorce, and a lot of living under my belt it blew me away... a real classic..
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