Before we begin, we'd love to learn more about you. Tell us why you're taking the plunge into Anna Karenina. Have you tried it in the past? Are you picking it up for the first time? Have you read other works by Tolstoy?
Comment to this post below to tell us what attracts you to the idea of reading Tolstoy's classic.
I have an old worn paperback copy of Anna that I've read at least twice. I especially remember first reading it one very hot summer while working as a nanny. During naptimes I would lounge on the porch reading, and the sensation of feeling the afternoon heat while reading about ice-skaters on a frosty pond in Russia has stayed with me forever.
ReplyDeleteI have a copy of Anna Karenina that I bought at a booksale years ago. Now I finally have an excuse to read it! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThis will be my second time reading Anna Karenina. The first time, I picked it up based entirely on a minor occurrence in the wonderfully silly Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. In those books, the main character can read herself into fiction, and a running gag in one of the books involves her constantly overhearing some Russian socialites gossiping about that scandalous Karenin woman.
ReplyDeleteThis time around, I'm reading to experience it as part of a group, to see how my opinions of the novel jive with everyone else's.
I started reading Anna Karenina years ago but never finished. Now I have a reason to try again. I read Middlemarch last year but didn't participate in any of the discussions. Hopefully, I will get to be part of them this time around.
ReplyDeleteRead it before, want to see what it's like this time. Novels change as the reader does. Great novels usually get better as the reader ages. Reaction to first chapters is one I recall from previous reading: why is this novel titled 'Anna Karenina,' not 'Konstantin Levin?'
ReplyDeleteThat's a great question, David. Definitely one for our upcoming discussions!
ReplyDeleteFirst time reading it. I stumbled on this when I was looking at another website and then realized this is NOT in KC, but want to participate anyway. I'm finishing two other books( Girl on a Train and The Beige Man) by this weekend before I fully engage and commit to this book.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you Kimberly...I hear Girl on a Train is terrific!
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