Anna Karenina

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Anna Karenina is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that explores themes of love, infidelity, and social hypocrisy through the tragic life of its aristocratic heroine.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
adaptedAs ballet
film
opera
television series
author Leo Tolstoy
centralRelationship Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky
countryOfOrigin Russia
firstPublicationDate 1877
firstPublishedIn The Russian Messenger
genre psychological novel
realist novel
tragic novel
hasSubplot Levin and Kitty’s courtship and marriage
hasTragicEnding true
initialPublicationFormat serial
literaryMovement Realism
literaryPeriod 19th century
mainCharacter Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin
Anna Arkadyevna Karenina
Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin
surface form: Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky

Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya
Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin
Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient
notableQuote All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
originalLanguage Russian
parallelPlotContrast Anna and Vronsky versus Levin and Kitty
placeInCanon considered one of the greatest novels of world literature
publicationBegan 1873
publicationEnded 1877
publisher The Russian Messenger (serial)
settingCity Moscow
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
settingCountry Russia
settingRegion Russian countryside
structure eight parts
theme Russian aristocracy
adultery
faith
family
individual versus society
love
marriage
morality
social hypocrisy
timePeriodOfFiction late 19th century
workLocationOfAuthor Yasnaya Polyana

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Keira Knightley characterPortrayed Anna Karenina
Greta Garbo notableWork Anna Karenina
Keira Knightley notableWork Anna Karenina
Kevin McKidd notableWork Anna Karenina
this entity surface form: Anna Karenina (2000 TV series)
Leo Tolstoy notableWork Anna Karenina
Matthew Macfadyen notableWork Anna Karenina
Kevin McKidd televisionSeries Anna Karenina
this entity surface form: Anna Karenina (2000 TV series)