anna karenina

After four months of reading I finally finished this 942 pages book of Tolstoj. Quite a story it is, and although it was hard to get into the writing style, in a while I really started to appreciate it. The story developes itself slowly, but at the end of the book I noticed that quite a lot had happened. It is fascinating how someone cn get so caught up in his (inthis case her) own mind. And although you expect the book to be entirely about Anna, it is about Lewin also half of the time. Haven't figured out yet why thi is done exactly. And I am sure Tolstoj had a reason or it. Same as all the bits and pieces hwere he criticizes teh Russian society and politics from different angles, by having different characters. I can recommend this book to anyone!