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Anna Karenina

Tolstoy, 1877 · fictional

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Anna Karenina

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Half right — screen versions soften her, but the text matches more than you’d expect.

What the author tells us

  • A married aristocrat in 1870s Russia whose affair with Vronsky drives the novel. Tolstoy gives her dark hair, grey eyes and a restless, vivid presence.
“There was something about her face… peculiarly caressing and tender.”— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1877)

What the author leaves to the reader

  • Everything beyond the text. She is a character, not a person — an interpretation of Tolstoy’s words in real 1870s Russian fashion.

Based on:

  • Tolstoy’s descriptions · 1870s Russian fashion

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Anna Karenina

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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina · Leo Tolstoy
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A married aristocrat in 1870s Russia whose affair with Vronsky drives the novel. Tolstoy gives her dark hair, grey eyes and a restless, vivid presence.

“There was something about her face… peculiarly caressing and tender.”— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1877)
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