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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
Individually, Pevear has also translated into English works from French, Italian, and Greek. The couple's collaborative translations have been nominated three times and twice won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize (for Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov).
Her translation of Anna Karenina, entitled Anna Karenin, appeared in 1954. In a two-volume edition, her translation of War and Peace was published in 1957. In the introduction she wrote that War and Peace "is a hymn to life. It is the Iliad and Odyssey of Russia. Its message is that the only fundamental obligation of man is to be in touch with ...
Tolstoy's literary works often carried implicit educational messages. Through characters and narratives, he conveyed profound insights about human nature, ethics, and the complexities of life. His novels, such as “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina”, serve as both literary masterpieces and vehicles for moral reflection. [4]
Marian Schwartz is an American translator of contemporary Russian literature. She is the principal English translator of the author Nina Berberova and has translated over 70 books of fiction, history, biography, and criticism into English. [1] She is the recipient of two translation fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. [2]
Rosamund Bartlett is the author of Tolstoy: A Russian Life (2010) and translated Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina for Oxford University Press (2014). She is also the author of Chekhov: Scenes from a Life (2004) and has translated two volumes of Anton Chekhov's short stories. [4]
Aylmer Maude was born in Ipswich, the son of a Church of England clergyman, Reverend F.H. Maude, [1] and his wife Lucy, who came from a Quaker background. [2] The family lived near the newly built Holy Trinity Church where Rev. Maude's preaching helped draw a large congregation.
Anna Filosofova, co-founder of the Russian Women's Mutual Philanthropic Society In the historical writing of the time, the humble devotion of the Decembrist women was contrasted with the intrigues and hedonism of female aristocrats of the 18th century, like Catherine the Great , whose excesses were seen as the danger of too-sudden liberation ...