Tolstoy's epic novel reveled in the humanity of its characters. Alas, that quality was lost in translation to the screen. Once you have started the novel, you will be completely transported into a ...

When you wait as long as I did to read “Anna Karenina” for the first time — I’ll be 50 in August — there’s no way you can come to it without any preconceptions. For one thing, I already knew the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook I read “Anna Karenina” on the school bus when I was 13. I took it a chapter a ride, shining a ...

The other day, one of the London newspapers reported that the story of "Anna Karenina," by Leo Tolstoy, had been republished in Russia. It was a new edition of a classic originally released in the ...

Notes from the New Yorker staff on their literary engagements of the week. By accident, I’m re-reading “Anna Karenina.” I say “by accident” because I certainly had no intention of getting caught up in ...

“To think I might have died without having read it.” Those were the words of the late, great William F. Buckley. He was referring to Moby Dick. Having read it after he’d turned 50, Buckley’s love of ...

When Yiyun Li switched from pursuing a PhD in immunology to writing, she was in an ideal place to pivot studying at the University of Iowa. She ended up getting a master’s degree in immunology there ...

Not to mention Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald and Emily Watson. Big names. Big book. Big movie. Joe Wright's "Anna Karenina" is making a splash at the Toronto ...