If I never learn the many ways of harvesting hay, it will be too soon. Now put all that into a novel and you will understand just how dense this novel is.Īt one point messaged to say she was sick of all the mowing. How, if you've had a knotty problem or an issue with someone that every action, reaction and course of action will be considered and ascribed meaning. How they veer around like a drunken bumper car. Consider how many thoughts you have in one single day.
And in those pages was a substantial amount of detail. I found an hour's reading yielded 25 pages or so. How wrong was I? There are many similar themes running through the 2 books a loving family, a passionate unrequited first love, a young man struggling to find his meaning in life a love of nature and observations about the fascinating minutiae of Russian society.īut heavens this book is dense. My ThoughtsĪfter reading War and Peace last year, I though this would be a walk in the park. Contrasting this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. Their subsequent affair scandalises society and family alike, and soon brings jealousy and bitterness in its wake. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters impetuous officer Vronsky. The Plot Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. I confidently exclaimed 'we will be through this in no time' which is up there as such truths as 'Stand here Harold, those arrows will never get you' and 'This decorative horse will look lovely in our city of Troy'.
Special mention must go to over on Instagram who stuck with me through the reading of, and who I read War and Peace with last year. How different the reading was some 30 years later. Sitting up night after night with the expectant mum-to-be, I read it quickly and was drawn to the tragic story of Anna and her fall from society grace. Read all about my BBC Big Read Re-Read Challenge
I first read this when I was 16 years old, about to start my A-Level in English Literature and whilst our family St Bernard was having puppies.
This is the smaller of Tolstoy's big books, at only 817 pages (!). Coming in at #54 on the BBC Big Read list is Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
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