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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sun Dec 1, 2013, 04:25 PM Dec 2013

Historical Irony...

The last time I read Anna Karenina I was in sixth grade. I decided last night to tackle it again, and ran across this passage. I think Tolstoy would be sad that America of today is not so different from the Russia of 1873 in some ways." ~ Victoria Gutshall

I bet most of the people know only Keira Knightley's Anna Karenina... the film skips a lot of political and social observations that Leo Tolstoy made in his novel Anna Karenina. Definitely a highly recommended read

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Historical Irony... (Original Post) Playinghardball Dec 2013 OP

Thanks 2naSalit Dec 2013 #1

I agree with the sentiment but it isn't irony. arely staircase Dec 2013 #2

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #3

2naSalit

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Sun Dec 1, 2013, 05:42 PM

Dec 2013

I saw the recent movie last spring and decided that I needed to read the book. Thanks for reminding me to go get a copy to read at the library next time I go to town!