Type: Romance, Tragedy
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publication Date: 1877
Country: Russia
Pages: 864
Bored with her marriage to Karenin, Anna Karenina has an affair with the young and dashing army officer Count Vronsky leading to tragic consequences. Tolstoy masterfully presents a contemporary Russia which is marred with European social stigmas and the plight of many individuals whose lives have been turned into a constant struggle to keep up with the upper-class society making it one of the most memorable books in literature.