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  2. Anna Karenina - Wikipedia

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    Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина, IPA: [ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə]) [1] is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878.. Tolstoy called it his first true nove

  3. Karenin (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Karenin is a surname. Its feminine counterpart is Karenina (Russian: Каренина) or (Czech: Kareninová).Notable people with the surname include: Anna Karenina, fictitious heroine of Anna Karenina

  4. War and Peace - Wikipedia

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    In 1879, unhappy with Ganzen having chosen Anna Karenina to start with, Goncharov insisted: "War and Peace is the extraordinary poem of a novel, both in content and execution. It also serves as a monument to Russian history's glorious epoch when whatever figure you take is a colossus, a statue in bronze.

  5. Yasnaya Polyana - Wikipedia

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    Tolstoy wrote War and Peace at Yasnaya Polyana between 1862 and 1869, and wrote Anna Karenina there between 1873 and 1877. He wrote the novels in his study by hand in very small handwriting, with many additions and deletions and notes, and gave the draft to his wife, who made a clean copy at night, which Tolstoy then rewrote the next day.

  6. Anna Karenina (2012 film) - Wikipedia

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    Anna Karenina is a 2012 historical romantic drama film directed by Joe Wright. Adapted by Tom Stoppard from Leo Tolstoy 's 1878 novel , the film depicts the tragedy of Russian aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina, wife of senior statesman Alexei Karenin, and her affair with the affluent cavalry officer Count Vronsky.

  7. Sophia Tolstaya - Wikipedia

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    In 1889, Leo Tolstoy published his book The Kreutzer Sonata. [3] The book advocated for sexual abstinence. Its narrator murders his wife in a fit of jealousy. [15] Although quickly banned from publication by censorship, the novel had been assumed in the Russian society to be describing the unhappy marriage of Leo Tolstoy and Tolstaya, which greatly offended Tolstaya. [16]

  8. Behold: The 42 Most Romantic Sex Scenes in the History of Cinema

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    Anna Karenina Turns out period dramas can be sexy , y'all. Technically, this one's v depressing, but it all centers around a married woman (Keira Knightley) trying and absolutely failing to resist ...

  9. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Wikipedia

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    Although she is a female dog, the name is masculine and is a reference to Alexei Karenin, the husband in Anna Karenina. Karenin displays extreme dislike of change. Once moved to the countryside, Karenin becomes more content as she is able to enjoy more attention from her companions. She also quickly befriends a pig named Mefisto.