Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Married to a powerful government minister, anna karenina is a. Anna karenina is widely considered to be one of leo tolstoys best works. The strangest secret in the world by earl nightingale full 1950 duration. When she refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husbandand russian high societywould condone, she is doomed. Download m4b 154mb download cover art download cd case insert. Sometimes she reads a bit too fast while trying to emulate the exasperation in some dialogues, but its a great job nonetheless. Wikipedia book anna karenina dole translation wikipedia nathan haskell dole.
Essentially a tragic love story, anna karenina tells the story of the rebellious and beautiful anna and her passionate affair with count vronsky. Listen to anna karenina, book 1 by leo tolstoi, librivox community for free with a 30 day free trial. This is the story of the unhappy family of anna karenina. Translated by constance garnett in part 2, kittys health deteriorates from regret and heartbreak, while levin retreats to his country estate. Listen to anna karenina, book 2 audiobook by leo tolstoy. But when i agreed to read it for audible, i had no idea how much work it would be, how intense it would be, and how deeply i would fall in love with it. Anna karenina 18737 is a book that could be compared to a beautiful mosaic of interlinked stories. I can now read listen to the books ive previously glossed over because making that time commitment competes with too many other reading tasks. Anna and vronsky continue to pursue each other and become the talk of polite society, to the chagrin of karenin. Set against the tragic love of anna and vronsky, the plight of the. The striped chest by sir arthur conan doyle, a tale of the high seas 1897 duration. Anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna.
Librivox recording of anna karenina, book 6, by leo tolstoy. Anna awakes from a loveless marriage to find herself drawn irresistibly to the dashing. Librivox audio books is a free application for audio books. Just wish that this version had the 8 parts of the book condensed into a single recording audiobook. I dont really know what the narrator did differently here, but the rhetorical digressions flowed with the story well enough that i rarely noticed them. Stiva again presses karenin to divorce anna, while anna, driven by jealousy, becomes increasingly irrational towards vronsky. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy part 4 full audiobook. Listen to anna karenina, book 1 audiobook by leo tolstoy. Listening can be done in so many other places and at so many other times. Two love stories are set against the backdrop of high society in tsarist russia.
Anna karenina, free audiobook, book 5 chapter 1 youtube. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy part 1 full audiobook. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy free audiobooks series. Sensual, rebellious anna falls deeply and passionately in love with the handsome count vronsky. But when i agreed to read it for audible, i had no idea how much work it would be, how intense it would be. Librivox recording of anna karenina book 1, by leo tolstoy. Listen to anna karenina, book 1 audio book by leo tolstoy. Read by kirsten ferreri anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Thanks to tolstoys book, we get to know characters who sometimes seem so real that we cannot help but living with them the series of events that are recounted in this book.
Anna karenina is beautiful, married to a successful man, and has a son whom she adores. Maryann spiegel at librivox has just completed narrating this free unabridged, 36hour version of the work which is translated by nathan haskell dole. Anna karenina of all the russian literature i have listened to in audio form, this was by far the best experience. Anna awakes from a loveless marriage to find herself drawn irresistibly to the dashing cavalry officer, count vronsky. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy part 7 full audiobook. The novel contains much concerning tolstoys spiritual crisis and his search for the meaning of life. Anna and vronsky continue to pursue each other and become the. Vladimir nabokov called leo tolstoys anna karenina one of the greatest love stories in world literature. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy on free audio book download. Audibles best of 2016 classic anna karenina is one of my favorite books.
Anna karenina by leo tolstoy part 2 full audiobook. Anna is sensitive, generous, warmhearted and intelligent, but all her virtues count for nothing when she is overcome by passionate love for count. The touching picture of anna aarkadyevna karenina s slow disintegration has fascinated readers for well over a. Anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage to follow her heart and must endure. Listening to anna karenina was a serious commitment evidence that audiobooks have captured me. Set in late 19th century russia, anna is portrayed as an ideal, cultivated aristocratic wife, mother and model for women alike. Count leo tolstoys epic story of passion, infidelity, vengeance, and retribution has held readers. Download m4b part 1 205mb download m4b part 2 2mb download m4b part 3 203mb download m4b part 4 210mb download m4b part 5 180mb. Het gaat hier om een ingekorte nederlandse vertaling van het klassieke werk van leo tolstoy. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy part 3 full audiobook. The musthave pevear and volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest russian novels ever written described by william faulkner as the best novel ever written and by fyodor dostoevsky as flawless, anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Anna karenina, book 1by leo tolstoy 18281910translated by constance garnett 18611946 anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky.
In part 2, kittys health deteriorates from regret and heartbreak, while levin retreats to his country estate. Librivox recording of anna karenina book 8, by leo tolstoy. Towering over the other characters, tolstoys beautiful tragic heroine, anna karenina, dominates the action of the great book which bears her name. But a chance meeting at a train station in moscow sets her passionate heart alight, and she is defenceless in the face of count vronskys adoration. Librivox recording of anna karenina, written by leo tolstoy, translated by nathan haskell dole and read by maryann spiegel. Anna karenina, book 1 leo tolstoy 1828 1910, translated by constance garnett 1861 1946 anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious anna and the dashing officer, count vronsky. Anna karenina is the tragic story of a married aristocratsocialite and her affair with the affluent count vronsky, a bachelor. Tragedy unfolds as anna rejects her passionless marriage to follow her heart and must endure the hypocrisies of society. He is eager to marry her if she will agree to leave her husband karenin, a senior government official, but she is vulnerable to the pressures of russian social norms, the moral laws of the russian orthodox church, her own insecurities, and. Set in imperial russia, anna karenina is a rich and complex meditation on passionate love and disastrous infidelity. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Having defied the rules of 19thcentury russian society, anna is forced to pay a heavy price. A very simple to use app where you can download any of the books from our large database and listen offline at your ease. Een aristocratische vrouw verlaat haar ongelukkig huwelijk voor een nieuwe liefde.
Leo tolstoys psychological novel anna karenina follows the life of the enchanting and rebellious anna who seeks to break free from the shackles of society. In book 7, levin, in town for kittys confinement, finds himself drawn to the corruptive influence of moscow society. Anna is intelligent and charming and beautiful and wonderfully dressed and clearly fundamentally good. A magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, anna karenina tells the story of two characters whose emotional instincts conflict with the dominant social mores of their time. Anna karenina by leo tolstoy part 3 full audiobook greatest audio books subscribe to greatest audio books. Summary by mary anderson completed works click links to download tolstoy, leo.
Anna karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the. Librivox recording of anna karenina, book 2 by leo tolstoy. Anna karenina is a novel that beguiles and intrigues, i have read anna karenina many times, yet i always fall in love with anna on first sight, just as vronsky and kitty fall in love with her when they first see her. When beautiful, aristocratic, and married anna falls madly in love with the dashing count vronsky, their affair shocks russian society, tears her family apart, and leads, inevitably, to tragedy. But it is also chiefly about marriage, and the growth and death of love.