Anna Karenina
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Anna Karenina
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Leo Tolstoy
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Winner: Audible's Best of 2016 - Classic
"Anna Karenina is one of my favorite books. But when I agreed to read it for Audible, I had no idea how much work it would be, how intense it would be, and how deeply I would fall in love with it. There were places where I thought 'if I don't give Alexey Alexandrovitch the respect that he deserves in my reading of this scene, a critical part of the book will be ruined. If I don't give EVERYONE the utmost respect and understanding, I'm not doing justice to this brilliantly compassionate book.' But at the same time, I also wanted to have a light touch in the way I played the different characters, so that the magnificence of the novel could shine through. I feel like performing this novel is one of the major accomplishments of my work life - it was so challenging and so deep, a real pleasure." (Narrator Maggie Gyllenhaal)
Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky. Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight, The Honourable Woman) cites Tolstoy's epic as one of her favorite books of all time, and her love for the literature permeates her performance. Anna Karenina is a masterpiece not only because of the unforgettable woman at its core and the stark drama of her fate but also because it explores and illuminates the deepest questions about how to live a fulfilled life.
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- MR JOHN M SULLER
- 05-08-18
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The narrator was wonderful to listen to. I hope she narrates more Tolstoy , I would purchase more of hers.
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- miss a baker
- 24-04-23
It’s not war and peace
It’s not war and peace which is a masterpiece, but Maggie Gyllenhaals performance is outstanding, filling the characters with a naturalness and relatability which makes the experience personal and very enjoyable
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- User143
- 23-12-23
Quietly delightful
Loved it! Moments of amazing writing (Kitty and Levin's honeymoon, Anna at her son's birthday, the near proposal, the mowing, the hunting, the psychotic episode (?), and the portrait), and the characters feel real! Language isn't too florid but serves the story. Found the narrator clear but sometimes too airy/dramatic but was a good voice of Anna (genuinely felt Wronsky's frustration at the end).
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- Ray Woodward
- 24-06-20
Absolutely stunning - a truly definitive performance.
Beautifully read, Ms Gyllenhaal gives truly rounded inner and outer lives to Tolstoy’s characters and sets the scenes so fully that the emotions and their development in the world they inhabit is so vividly set one can only feel oneself being fully immersed in their lives, their loves, intrigues, frustrations, jealousies… all their emotions are delivered with neither monotony nor unnecessary embellishment so that the whole work rises up from the page and transports you into the author’s Russia in a way that feel at once both authentic to the time and true to the eternal lives that we all live. It is a definitive production that shows what brilliance can be achieved when a great work is performed by a great actor in a great production. If there is one Audible work that I can recommend without hesitation it’s this.
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- Ellie Preston
- 15-04-20
Beautifully read and a beautiful story.
Perfect narration and great story with such deep characters...I would say it’s just as much about Levin as about Anna....you realise at the end their similarities.
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- ali
- 03-01-20
Simply wonderful
Loved every minute of it, close your eyes and it takes you there.
Many thanks
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- Barbara Murray
- 17-10-20
A classic for a reason
I had obviously heard of Anna Karenina but had never read it. This book was brilliant. I thoroughly enjoyed it and Maggie Gyllenhall was masterful in bringing the characters to life. The ending wasnt the most spectacular ever but I think that was more my own personal feeling than anything else
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- Adaline
- 15-03-22
Great book, pity about the narrator
The American accent, poor French accent, and monotonous reading forced me to seek another version of this amazing book.
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- sessie
- 09-01-23
MY NAME IS ANNA TOO!!!!!
Blah blah blah,,, nonsense nonsense nonsense….
MY NAME IS ANNA TOO!!
( just to be famous)
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- Mrs Pat McKnight
- 19-06-19
Absolutely fantastic book.
I was in two minds about this book and reader due to previous reviews but bought it anyway. I am so glad I did. The story is wonderful and Maggie Gyllenhaal is in my opinion the best choice of reader. Her voice flowed through the book. I was in every room, every house with each character. It was like standing at the edge of the room listening in.32hrs is nothing for this kind of book. I was devastated when it ended. I will listen to this book many times. My next buy will be War and Peace. Can't wait.
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