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New York, 1886. A first American edition, later issue, in green cloth. A solid very good copy: binding is tight, cloth is fairly clean, gilt lettering and Romanov symbol of the front cover is bright and unfaded, the spine a little less so. Top edge gilt. Small owner's name on the front endpaper. A nice copy of this classic love story. Regarding issue points: plain endpapers and no ads in the rear. Nice looking copy.

Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many authors consider Anna Karenina the greatest work of literature ever written, and Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Imperial Russian society, desire, and rural vs. city life. The complex novel unfolds against the backdrop of 19th-century Russian high society and tells the tragic story of a married aristocrat and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The novel explores a diverse range of topics throughout its pages and profoundly influences the genres of realist and romantic fiction.