Top 5 Tips for Reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! We are so excited to kick off the Anna Karenina book with everyone today! As it is a book we have been looking forward to a long time with our previous yearlong Tolstoy endeavor, we wanted to make sure we got the most out of it. Let's talk about what are some of the top tips for reading this book. We reached out to several people who have read this book multiple times to get their view on what would help us get the most out of it. Special thanks to everyone who contributed and put effort into this video! We hope you love the book!

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[SophiaClef]

Yeah, Anna Karenina is great and all that, but can we take a moment to appreciate how awesome that T-shirt is, please?

[Starscreamlive]

Very helpful indeed. My tip is similar to the Tipsy Tolstoy podcast: Learn to Love Levin. People who love this novel all love Levin. People who do not enjoy Levin seem to dislike this novel. Tolstoy probably should have titled the novel "Levin", but if he did, he probably wouldn't have sold as many copies .

[attention]

"You have to love the farming." This is a very good tip. haha. This is also the biggest complaint I hear about the novel. But it is worth learning to love it.

[molgod]

Years ago I Read the Anna Karenina even now I sees the Seen the new born child in the train how beautiful it to thinking!!!❤️🙏🌹

[msrichardsreads]

I love this so much! Constance is my girl and has not failed me yet.

[KatrinaReads]

First of all...I love your shirt! And I have never thought of there being different translations of books (I don't think I have ever knowingly read a translation).

[Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Ok ok... going to pick up Garnett translation at the library today (plus other books) just in case my Pavear doesn't work.

[MishelleLexi]

I read Anna Karenina for the first time last year. I am definitely fussy about which translator I pick now days! I read the Pevear and Volokhonsky and thought it was readable, but I've actually recently picked up a copy of War and Peace translated by Anthony Briggs. I'm excited to see how he will bring Tolstoy's story to life 🥰

[angiethebookaholic]

This was so helpful. Thanks Una. All set to start this right after my current book.

[LucasMyFriends]

I was recently reading The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell and it spoiled this book for me. This is the least of that book's crimes, but I'll still be joining in when I can!

[SeekingStories]

Fantastic collab and extremely helpful tips. Hey, my copy is a Constance Garnett translation! Also, that shirt...🔥

[BookishTexan]

This was great. I wish I was reading along with you guys, but my reading schedule is stuffed.

[AR_]

Loathed every minute I spent on this book.

[Vintagevanessa]

Just started ! Finished war and peace and the death of Ivan Ilyich. Looking forward to this journey

[capturedbyannamarie]

I prefer the Maude translation for sure when I heard the different ones.

[maximpuzikov]

I agree, translation is important. And sorry, guys, Garnett is not the best option. I respect her, she did a lot for Russian Literature in her time, but now you can find a better translations. Maybe in case with Tolstoy and Dostoevsky difference is not so critical. But Garnett's Gogol and Chekhov is so featureless and bleak.