Anna Karenina is beautiful, married to a successful man, and has a son whom she adores. But a chance meeting at a train station in Moscow sets her passionate heart alight, and she is defenceless in the face of Count Vronsky's adoration. Having defied the rules of 19th-century Russian society, Anna is forced to pay a heavy price. Human nature, with all it's failings, is the fabric of which this great and intense work is composed. Anna Karenina has been described as the perfect Russian novel.
2 You Seem to Do Everything Passionately, She Remarked
3 Whether She Had Not Heard His Words
4 Chapter 10
5 Not Bad, He Said
6 Well, and What Do You Say to It?
7 Chapter 11
8 And the One in the Gospels?
9 Chapter 12
10 Nowadays They Don't Give Us Away
11 Chapter 13
12 Chapter 14
13 There Are People Who When They Meet
14 Oh No, Masha
- Disc 3 -
1 As Soon As the Old Prince Had Turned Away
2 Chapter 15
3 Chapter 16
4 Chapter 17
5 Through the Frosty Mist
6 Chapter 18
7 She Is Very Charming
8 Oblonsky, with His Sister
9 Chapter 19
10 As Soon As She Had Said It
11 And After That He Will Tell Me
12 Chapter 20
13 Will You Go to That Ball?
14 Chapter 21
15 Chapter 22
16 Shall We Have Another Turn?
17 Chapter 23
- Disc 4 -
1 Nothing Special Was Said During the Quadrille
2 She Went to the Far End
3 Chapter 24
4 He Could Not See His Brother
5 Chapter 25
6 What Was It?
7 Chapter 26
8 When He Saw All This
9 Chapter 27
10 Chapter 28
11 Do You Know
12 Chapter 29
13 Well, What of It?
14 Chapter 30
15 What You Are Saying Is Wrong
16 Chapter 31
- Disc 5 -
1 Her Face Seemed Tired
2 Chapter 32
3 Chapter 33
4 I Am Glad It Has All Ended
5 Chapter 34
6 But There Was Another Sort of People
7 Part II: Chapter 1
8 Yes, That Goes Without Saying
9 Chapter 2
10 Her Fathers Words Seemed Very Simple
11 Chapter 3
12 She Had Not Expected Such Cruelty
13 Chapter 4
14 At First Anna Sincerely Believed
15 Chapter 5
16 Vronsky Went to the French Theatre
17 Chapter 6
- Disc 6 -
1 The Conversation in Both Circles
2 The Effect Produced
3 Chapter 7
4 Give Me a Cup of Tea, She Said
5 Friends We Shall Not Be
6 Chapter 8
7 But That Consideration
8 Chapter 9
9 Really, I Don't Understand at All, Said Anna
10 Chapter 10
11 Chapter 11
12 Chapter 12
13 Already in February
14 Chapter 13
15 Oh Dear, Didn't I Speak About It
16 He Was Not Irritated Either
- Disc 7 -
1 The Clover Was Coming on Splendidly
2 Chapter 14
3 Splendid, Splendid!
4 Chapter 15
5 Well, I'm Glad You Got It, Said Levin
6 Chapter 16
7 You Have Been Pleased to Amuse Yourself
8 Chapter 17
9 What Wonderful Soap They Make!
10 Chapter 18
11 Chapter 19
12 There Are the Inseparables, Added Yashvin
13 Chapter 20
14 Petritsky Went Behind the Partition
15 Chapter 21
16 Her Extended Nostrils Loudly Inhaled
17 Chapter 22
- Disc 8 -
1 Hoping to Find Her Alone
2 But Though She Tried to Be Calm
3 Chapter 23
4 Vronsky Could Not Understand
5 Chapter 24
6 Vronsky Purposely Avoided
7 Vronsky Got Number Seven
8 Chapter 25
9 Frou-Frous Shoulder
10 Chapter 26
11 The Day of the Races Was a Very Busy One
12 Chapter 27
13 Chapter 28
14 Not External at All, Said the Princess Tverskaya
15 Chapter 29
- Disc 9 -
1 No Alexis Alexandrovich, She Put in
2 Chapter 30
3 Madame Stahl Called Her By the Diminutive
4 Chapter 31
5 Chapter 32
6 Why Not? I Will Tell You, Said Varenka
7 Chapter 33
8 Il Ne Faut Jamais Rien Outrer, She Said
9 Chapter 34
10 With French Exaggeration
11 Oh, Dear Me!
12 Chapter 35
13 Is It Like That at Home?
14 No, I Shall Not Give Into That Again!
15 Part III: Chapter 1
- Disc 10 -
1 Constantine Considered His Brother
2 Chapter 2
3 Chapter 3
4 Constantine Felt Himself Morally Cornered
5 But to Be a Member of a Council
6 Chapter 4
7 You Are Taking Too Wide a Swath
8 Chapter 5
9 He at Once Fell Asleep
10 Chapter 6
11 Yes, It Ought to Be Tested
12 Chapter 7
13 There Was Nowhere to Hang Dresses
14 Chapter 8
15 The Little Fellow Was Sitting on the Ledge
- Disc 11 -
1 Chapter 9
2 Chapter 10
3 Darya Alexandrovna, Said He
4 Chapter 11
5 Chapter 12
6 But the Third Thought Was the Question
7 Chapter 13
8 Daryalov, Poltavsky, Prince Karibanov
9 To Attempt a Divorce
10 Chapter 14
11 Drawing Toward Himself the Portfolio
12 Chapter 15
13 Let Her Husband Disgrace Her
14 Chapter 16
- Disc 12 -
1 But the Time Came When I Understood
2 Chapter 17
3 I Cannot Be More Catholic Than the Pope, She Said
4 Chapter 18
5 Yes, I Never Thought It Would Be So
6 Chapter 19
7 In Respect of These Debts
8 Chapter 20
9 He Pondered
10 Chapter 21
11 When He Had Finished His Ablutions
12 Vronsky Listened Attentively
13 Chapter 22
14 It Was Not at All Hard for Me
15 Chapter 23
- Disc 13 -
1 Busy with the Secretary
2 Chapter 24
3 The Horses Were Allowed to Stray
4 Chapter 25
5 Over Their Tea Levin Heard
6 Chapter 26
7 Levin Also Knew That He Would Meet
8 Chapter 27
9 Now in Our Case We Landlords
10 She Did Not Remember the Exact Figure
11 Chapter 28
12 Oh, Not at All! Said Levin, Crossly
13 Chapter 29
14 It Was True That Shuraev Had Taken Steps
15 Chapter 30
- Disc 14 -
1 He Gave Orders
2 I Must Write That Down, Thought He
3 Chapter 31
4 Levin Listened, Trying But Unable
5 Chapter 32
6 At These Words Levin Suddenly Grew
7 Part IV: Chapter 1
8 Chapter 2
9 Chapter 3
10 Well, What Were You Going to Tell Me
11 You Are Unjust, Unjust My Dear, Said Vronsky
12 Chapter 4
13 It Is Worse Than Cruelty
14 Chapter 5
15 I Know You
16 But Karenin Remained Silent
17 Chapter 6
- Disc 15 -
1 But Stremov, Who Had Been Touched to the Quick
2 On the Pavement at the Corner
3 Chapter 7
4 I Was Here Yesterday
5 Chapter 8
6 There Must Be Some Misunderstanding!
7 Chapter 9
8 He Had Not Seen Kitty
9 Consequently for the Russification
10 Chapter 10
11 One Cannot Even Admit
12 Chapter 11
13 Chapter 12
14 While I Doubted, I Had Hope
15 Chapter 13
- Disc 16 -
1 He Had Experienced
2 Chapter 14
3 I Shall Be Very Pleased, Said Levin
4 Chapter 15
5 The Prince the Princess
6 Chapter 16
7 All That Time Levin Felt Uncomfortable
8 Chapter 17
9 Bakers, the Closed Shops
10 Anna Arkadyevna, He Has Come!
11 Here He Is; I Knew!
12 Chapter 18
13 This Reiteration Prevented Other Images
14 Chapter 19
15 Princess Elisabeth Federovna Tverskaya, Answered the Footman
- Disc 17 -
1 Stepping on the Soft Carpet
2 Chapter 20
3 Chapter 21
4 Oblonsky Smiled
5 Chapter 22
6 How Am I to Find Out What She Wishes
7 As a Divorced Wife She Would Form a Union
8 Chapter 23
9 Vronsky, in Spite of All His Resolutions
10 Volume 2, Part V: Chapter 1
11 He Could Not Believe in It
12 What Doubt Can There Be
13 Chapter 2
14 I Am Ready to Swear
15 I Shall Be Unhappy of Course
16 Chapter 3
- Disc 18 -
1 Was Ever a Man
2 Chapter 4
3 The Old Priest, with His Sacerdotal Headgear
4 It Was a Feeling of Joy
5 Chapter 5
6 Chapter 6
7 Chapter 7
8 Ah? I Did Not Know, Golenishchev Replied
9 She Thought She Had Understood Him
10 Chapter 8
11 He Was Even More Lovingly Respectful
12 Chapter 9
13 The Beautiful Nurse, Whose Head
14 Chapter 10
15 Chapter 11
16 The Face That Was Most Dear to Him
17 She Said He Was Sorry for Pilate
- Disc 19 -
1 But If This Is the Highest Theme Open to Art?
2 Chapter 12
3 Chapter 13
4 Chapter 14
5 Levin Had Never Thought It Possible
6 Chapter 15
7 I Say, How Delightful It Is
8 Chapter 16
9 The Tone in Which Her Husband Had Said
10 Chapter 17
11 The Head Lay on It's Side
12 Chapter 18
13 There Is a Little Bottle in My Handbag, She Went on
14 Chapter 19
15 All She Did Was Well Done
16 Chapter 20: Death
- Disc 20 -
1 Mary Nikolavna Felt His Feet
2 Those About Him Felt This
3 Chapter 21
4 Not Only Was There Not a Soul
5 Chapter 22
6 We Will Look After Serezha Together
7 Chapter 23
8 Chapter 24
9 How Strong and Healthy They All Are
10 Chapter 25
11 No, I Advise You Unhesitatingly
12 Chapter 26
13 And Your Daughter
14 Chapter 27
15 It Was the Same Long-Familiar Tone
- Disc 21 -
1 His Father and the Educationalist
2 Chapter 28
3 She Did Not Stay More Than Ten Minutes
4 Chapter 29
5 Having Done So He Glanced Again
6 Chapter 30
7 I Don't Live Here, I Live with My Daughter
8 Chapter 31
9 The Servant Returned with the Reply
10 Chapter 32
11 Chapter 33
12 Through a Door Slightly Ajar
13 When Vronsky Directed His Glasses
14 Count, Your Maman Wants You, Said the Princess
15 Part VI: Chapter 1
- Disc 22 -
1 Chapter 2
2 I Suppose You Think You Discovered
3 Chapter 3
4 You Envy Hi'm Because He Can't Fall in Love?
5 Chapter 4
6 Chapter 5
7 Chapter 6
8 I Was Just Going to Ask You
9 Chapter 7
10 Happily for Levin, the Old Princess
11 Chapter 8
12 You Should Have Obeyed Me, Said Levin
13 Chapter 9
- Disc 23 -
1 After Making Sure He Had Missed
2 Chapter 10
3 That Excited Levin Still More
4 Chapter 11
5 I Receive a Bigger Salary Than
6 No! If It Were Unjust
7 Chapter 12
8 After Inhaling the Air with
9 Chapter 13
10 Chapter 14
11 How Late You Are Today, Dolly!
12 Chapter 15
13 I Wished He Stopped, But Suddenly
14 Chapter 16
- Disc 24 -
1 And Once More the Cruel Memory
2 Chapter 17
3 It's What I Thought, But Dared Not Expect!
4 Chapter 18
5 And Now You Will See the House
6 Chapter 19
7 On Hearing Annas Voice
8 Chapter 20
9 If You Care to See the Hospital
10 Chapter 21
11 We Have a Child
12 Chapter 22
13 It Is Pleasant to Work with His Excellency
14 Come, Veslovsky!
- Disc 25 -
1 Noticing These Things
2 Chapter 23
3 Impossible! Said Dolly
4 Chapter 24
5 She Came and Sat Down Beside Dolly
6 Chapter 25
7 Chapter 26
8 He Had Run Through An Enormous Fortune
9 Chapter 27
10 Chapter 28
11 Levin Came Up
12 Chapter 29
13 From Habit, for One Thing
14 Chapter 30
- Disc 26 -
1 The District Marshals
2 Chapter 31
3 During the Dinner They Continually Spoke
4 Chapter 32
5 Well, How Is Annie?
6 Part VII: Chapter 1
7 The One Advantage of This Town Life
8 Chapter 2
9 Mama and I Were Talking About It
10 Chapter 3
11 Levin Listened Reluctantly
12 Chapter 4
13 They'll Catch It All Up
14 Chapter 5
15 Chapter 6
16 Chapter 7
- Disc 27 -
1 All Seemed to Have Left
2 Chapter 8
3 She Is Not Exactly Dull
4 Chapter 9
5 She Is First of All a Woman with a Heart
6 Chapter 10
7 As She Spoke the Words Count Alexis She Turned
8 Chapter 11
9 Chapter 12
10 You Told Steva You Were Staying
11 Chapter 13
12 She Looked at Him Smilingly
13 Chapter 14
14 Not Allowing Himself Even to Think
15 Chapter 15
- Disc 28 -
1 And Suddenly, Out of the Mysterious
2 Chapter 16
3 Chapter 17
4 Karenin Inquired What Was the Work
5 Chapter 18
6 I Would Arrange Everything for You
7 Chapter 19
8 Chapter 20
9 Here We Don't Know How to Live, Peter
10 Chapter 21
11 The Change That Has Taken Place
12 You Mean to Say, He Is Prevented
13 Chapter 22
14 Chapter 23
15 Passing Ever Backwards
16 Chapter 24
- Disc 29 -
1 It Is My Only Wish
2 I Mean to Say
3 Chapter 25
4 Definiteness Depends Not on Forms
5 Well? How Are Your Affairs?
6 Chapter 26
7 Without Waking Him
8 Chapter 27
9 Yes That Is I!
10 Chapter 28
11 I Thought You Had a Visitor
12 Chapter 29
13 What Are Those Churches
14 Chapter 30
15 If Without Loving Me, He Is Kind
16 Chapter 31
- Disc 30 -
1 Reason Has Been Given to Man
2 Two Maid-Servants, Strolling About
3 Part VIII: Chapter 1
4 That Review Was Followed By Dead Silence
5 Chapter 2
6 To My Brothers in the Country, Answered Koznyshev
7 Chapter 3
8 Chapter 4
9 Chapter 5
10 Chapter 6
11 Chapter 7
12 Chapter 8
13 Chapter 9
14 Chapter 10
15 Chapter 11
- Disc 31 -
1 She Recovered Then
2 Chapter 12
3 I Have Discovered Nothing
4 Chapter 13
5 I, Educated in the Conception of God
6 Chapter 14
7 He Dropped His Own Eyes
8 Chapter 15
9 Perhaps, Said Levin Evasively
10 Chapter 16
11 That Is a Great Step
12 Chapter 17
13 Chapter 18
14 Just As He Was Entering the Nursery
15 Chapter 19
16 And Just As Astronomers Conclusions
Anna Karenina is beautiful, married to a successful man, and has a son whom she adores. But a chance meeting at a train station in Moscow sets her passionate heart alight, and she is defenceless in the face of Count Vronsky's adoration. Having defied the rules of 19th-century Russian society, Anna is forced to pay a heavy price. Human nature, with all it's failings, is the fabric of which this great and intense work is composed. Anna Karenina has been described as the perfect Russian novel.