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Anna Karenina

1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy
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Anna Karenina
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Summary

Anna Karenina is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,292 views/month, #85 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Leo Tolstoy[3]
  • Movement: literary realism[4]
  • Genre: realist novel[5]
  • Follows: War and Peace[6]
  • Followed by: Resurrection[7]
  • Commons category: Anna Karenina[8]
  • Language of work or name: Russian[9]
  • Country of origin: Russian Empire[10]
  • Inception: 1873[11]
  • Publication date: 1877[12]
  • Translator: Nathan Haskell Dole[13]
  • Characters: Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky[14], Anna Karenina[15], Alexei Vronsky[16], Alexei Karenin[17], Sergei Alexeyich Karenin[18], Ekaterina Shcherbatskaya[19], Konstantin Levin[20], Darya Oblonskaya[21]
  • Has edition or translation: Anna Karénine[22], Anna Karenina[23], Anna Kareninová[24], Q117802607[25], Anna Karenina: román o osmi částech[26], Anna Kareninová: román o třech knihách[27], Q127162858[28], Ana Karenine[29]
  • Narrative location: Russian Empire[30], Russia[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anna Karenina[32]
  • Main subject: love[33], rural gentry[34], suicide[35], train[36], betrayal[37], faith[38], family[39], marriage[40], Russian Empire[41], affair[42]
  • Described at URL: https://www.rizzolilibri.it/libri/anna-karenina-2/[43], https://www.raicultura.it/letteratura/articoli/2018/12/Anna-Karenina-secondo-Natalino-Sapegno-5742d377-255e-46b8-b828-6742d0af16df.html[44], https://vronsky.altervista.org/lev-tolstoj-anna-karenina-riassunto-e-significato/?doing_wp_cron=1752499318.9628040790557861328125[45], https://sapere.virgilio.it/scuola/superiori/letteratura-storia-filosofia/letteratura-ottocento/anna-karenina[46], https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/anna/summary/[47], https://www.litcharts.com/lit/anna-karenina/summary[48], https://www.letture.org/anna-karenina-lev-tolstoj[49], https://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/leo-n-tolstoi/anna-karenina.html[50]
  • Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[51]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[52]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c2a47dcc-0ddc-493d-9f55-bc91deb613fb[53]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Anna Karenina include it principle[54].

Why It Matters

Anna Karenina has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Entities named for it include it principle[54].

Related Entities

Anna Karenina Anna Karina Gottfried Keller Leo Tolstoy literary work public domain Resurrection Russian Empire War and Peace

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  1. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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