#68 in Romance
Anna Karenina
- 586
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
- Film 2012 +11
- On screen
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About the book
Anna Karenina is a novel, first published in book form in 1878, by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Often considered to be among the greatest works of world literature, Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875 to 1877, all but the last part appearing in the periodical The Russian Messenger. By the time he was finishing up the last installments, Tolstoy was in an anguished state of mind having come to hate it but finished it unwillingly.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 12 times — from 1911 to 2012.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 1,018 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 8.0 — the Romance average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 49 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 969 | 95% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“A FUCKING CLASSIC You should read it and think about the topics and debates of the XIX Century and the big debate about love, and find out what really matters in love. Tolstoi is amazing when it comes to show you the emotions, and his…”
“I have never hated any character as much as I hated Anna. I have never wanted to strangle a character as much as I wanted to strangle everyone in this novel. This is 800 pages of Tolstoy's religious, political, agricultural, and philosophical opinions, interspersed throughout…”
Frequently asked
How long is Anna Karenina?
It has 586 pages — longer than 84% of the ranked books in Romance.
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