Anna Karenina Essay Examples

Leo Tolstoy

Realist novel

1878

Russia

The story centers on an extramarital affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happiness, but after they return to Russia, their lives further unravel.

Trains, Bearded Peasant Carrying a Sack, Ellipses, Frou Frou, The English Novel, Mikhailov's Portrait of Anna, Mikhailov's Painting of Christ and Pilate, Mikhailov's Painting of Christ and Pilate

The Interior Monologue, Adultery, Forgiveness, Death

Anna Karenina is commonly thought to explore the themes of hypocrisy, jealousy, faith, fidelity, family, marriage, society, progress, carnal desire and passion, and the agrarian connection to land in contrast to the lifestyles of the city.