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Anna Karenina
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Long ago, before "Oprahized" was an adjective in the book-selling community, I read this book about a Russian Lady (used to be a bar in Hartford) who had this unhappy marriage -- and an unhealthy thing for trains. It was all high drama and such, but I was most taken with the parallel plot about a guy named Levin, based loosely on Tolstoy himself.
I thought, "Thank god Anna's story is Levin-ed with Tolstoy's fictional one, because this guy thinks a lot like I do -- scary as that sounds." Some lovely hunting scenes. I even named my dog (at the time) Laska after Levin's. Such, such were the days (as Orwell would say, and he was always having his say back then).
I thought, "Thank god Anna's story is Levin-ed with Tolstoy's fictional one, because this guy thinks a lot like I do -- scary as that sounds." Some lovely hunting scenes. I even named my dog (at the time) Laska after Levin's. Such, such were the days (as Orwell would say, and he was always having his say back then).
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Started Reading
January 1, 1955
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Finished Reading
February 20, 2008
– Shelved
September 5, 2016
– Shelved as:
classics-read-long-ago
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I can play gregarious on TV (read: before an 8th-grade classroom every day), but like my alone time, too.
Amazing review Ken!I agree with you there, as much as I empathised with Anna, it was Levin who ended up more in harmony with myself in general.
Adan wrote: "Amazing review Ken!I agree with you there, as much as I empathised with Anna, it was Levin who ended up more in harmony with myself in general."
Levin who is clearly Tolstoy by any other name. ;-)
I also found myself in sync with Levin's mindset, although I'm more gregarious, thankfully.