Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Published in 1878, 864 pages.
Started reading on December 2, 2014
Finished reading on February 11, 2015
Fantastic and involved story by a very outstanding author.
A little puzzled by many French phrases in conversations.
I assume original book was in Russian language and this was an English translation.
One explanation is that upper Russian society knew and understood French.
They often used French in their conversations so that their household help or other persons would not understand their discussions.
This was my first book on the list of 10 Greatest Books Ever, according to 125 top authors. Most can be downloaded for free or read online.
War and Peace and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn previously read long ago.
So 8 more to go. Next is Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
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