Anna Karenina - 1950 Modern Library edition

"Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina startled the world with its powerful portrayal of the human need for love and happiness weighed against the rigid demands of society. Its heroine, the sensuous, rebellious Anna, renounces a respectable yet stifling marriage for an extramarital affair that offers a taste of passion even as it ensnares her in a trap for destruction. Her story contrasts with that of Levin, a young self-doubting agnostic who takes a different path to fulfillment and finds faith and happiness in an age of repression. Considered the greatest novel of the nineteenth century, Anna Karenina has been called Tolstoy's spiritual autobiography. Anna and Levin personify Tolstoy's lifelong struggle to reconcile his physical desires and intellectual ideals in order to lead a more meaningful existence." - Anna Karenina - Count Leo Tolstoy. Translated by Constance Garnett Published 1950, The Modern Library / Random House Inc., New York. Hardcover. Approx. 5x7in. 950pp. Spine is a little stained on top. Ends show wear. Otherwise in generally good vintage condition.