When beautiful aristocratic and married Anna falls madly in love with the dashing Count Vronsky their affair shocks Russian society tears her family apart and leads inevitably to tragedy. Count Leo Tolstoy's epic story of passion infidelity vengeance and retribution has held readers spellbound since it was first published in the late 1800s. Set against the fatal attraction of Anna and Vronsky unfolding in perfect symmetry is another love story: of the melancholy nobleman Constantin Levin and his devoted wife Kitty. In doubt about the meaning of life haunted by thoughts of suicide Levin's struggles echo Tolstoy's own spiritual crisis.<br><br><br><br>Filled with unforgettable characters rich in history and social realism <I>Anna Karenina</I> is a masterpiece of world literature a story that fires the imagination and touches the heart.