According to F. M. Dostoevsky, “Anna Karenina” struck contemporaries “not only with the everydayness of its content, but also with the enormous psychological development of the human soul, with its terrible depth and power.”
If “War and Peace” is “an encyclopedia of Russian life,” then “Anna Karenina” is an encyclopedia of human relationships. This is precisely the novel that makes you think about many things both during reading and after. Many even believe that you cannot fully appreciate the genius of this work if you have not had life experience in creating a family and having children, in losing the meaning of life and finding it again, in surviving a deadly insult and in forgiveness.
The novel has been filmed many times. The roles of Anna Karenina were played by Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh, Sophie Marceau, Keira Knightley—favorite actresses of millions. But only by listening to the original will you be able to decide for yourself whether Anna is like any of them…
You will hear this great work performed by Alexei Bagdasarov.