History Literature / AnnaKarenina

* CrazyJealousGuy: Karenin and Levin.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Anna

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Anna.

* TheEveryman: Levin
* TheIngenue: Kitty
* TheStoic: Anna's husband, Alexei Karenin.

* ViewersAreGoldfish: The author loves to have characters keep on reiterating their situations and predicaments.

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* GratuitousFrench: A lot
** TruthInTelevision, it was fashionable for the Russian aristocracy to learn French at the time.
* GratuitousGerman: Occasionally

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Averted with Karenin.

* OneSteveLimit: Anna's husband Karenin and her lover Vronsky have the same first name, Alexei. And Vronsky has a brother with the similar name Alexander.

* TheStoic: Anna's Husband, Alexei Karenin.

* ViewersAreGoldFish: The author loves to have characters keep on reiterating their situations and predicaments.

* PanickyExpectantFather: Levin, when Kitty gives birth.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Averted ''hard'' with Karenin.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: Strongly averted, even between the men.

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Anna

* Jerkass: Vronsky

* AuthorFilibuster: Tolstoy loves this trope. In fact, the entire final section of this book, after [[ItWasHisSled Anna's]] [[AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame suicide]], which nobody seems to remember, is nothing except an anarcho-pacifist Christian moralist lecture.

->'' "The central theme of Anna Karenina is that a rural life of moral simplicity, despite its monotony, is the preferable personal narrative to a daring life of impulsive passion, which only leads to tragedy."''\\
--Klaus Baudelaire's take on the book's central theme, in ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''

''AnnaKarenina'' is a Russian novel by Creator/LeoTolstoy, who also wrote ''WarAndPeace''. It was first published as a serial novel in 1873. Like ''War and Peace'', it has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

* TheUnfairSex: While Dolly (understandably) is hurt and shocked by her own husband cheating on her, she completely and avidly supports Anna cheating on her husband. She even lies to Stiva that she cheated on him due to admiration for Anna's own confession.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Anna, when everything falls apart. Vronsky]] is also DrivenToSuicide earlier in the story but his attempt fails and he reconsiders.

''AnnaKarenina'' is a Russian novel by Leo Tolstoy, who also wrote ''WarAndPeace''. It was first published as a serial novel in 1873. Like ''WarAndPeace'', it has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

* FourthDateMarriage: Sort of, with Levin and Kitty. The love between them was mutual, but Kitty turned down his proposal because of Vronsky. When Levin returns later in the story, he hadn't seen her in almost a year, but she accepts his proposal on the same night.

* TheNotSoStoic: Anna is married to one of the most controlled characters in fiction.

* HoYay: A blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene between Vronsky and his friend Yashvin early on in the book has raised more than a few questions about Vronsky and his love interest.

* LesYay: Between Kitty and Anna early on (some translations describe Kitty has having "fallen in love" with Anna, and Kitty and Varenka later.

''AnnaKarenina'' is a Russian novel by Leo Tolstoy, who also wrote ''WarAndPeace''. It was first published as a serial novel in 1873. Like ''WarAndPeace'' it has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

One of the main threads of the novel centers on Anna Arkadaevna Karenina who is a good, kind, empathetic, but impulsive person and a loving mother who dotes on her son. She is married to the much older, cold, and highly respected diplomat Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin. (Russian last names generally get altered by gender.) One day, after traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow on a train, she meets the brave officer Alexei Krillovich Vronsky at the train depot who at the time appears to be on the fast track in his military career. It's LoveAtFirstSight, though the fact Anna is married complicates matters. Gradually, the pair sacrifice ''everything'' else they value for each other. Unfortunately, this is not a typical Western romance, but a tragedy: giving everything up for love isn't worth it this time, as the reactions of friends and family show, especially when said love may be transient. Indeed, unlike other such novels this story could almost be considered a cautionary tale.

The other main thread revolves around Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin, who in contrast to most of the other characters lives on an estate out in the country rather than in Moscow or St. Petersburg--his country lifestyle (and almost-appreciation for the peasants' way of life) sometimes comes into conflict with the customs of high society in the cities, particularly in his stern but well-meaning outlook on life. At the story's start he is seeking to be married to Ekaterina Alexandrovna "Kitty" Shtcherbatskaya whom he has known for some time, but faces numerous issues of [[DoggedNiceGuy confidence]], such as the fact that Kitty is also initially being courted by the very handsome and desirable Vronsky. Despite a few difficulties, things fall through between Levin and Kitty and they marry. Their life at home as a happy couple greatly contrasts the difficulties Anna and Vronsky face. In contrast to Anna's impulsiveness, Levin is quite cautious and tends to think his actions through.

Some chapters take the point of view of other characters, such as the easygoing friend of Levin, Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky (who is entering a tough spot in his marriage due to infidelity) and Alexei Karenin (who becomes severely depressed when he learns of Anna's infidelity and finds it very difficult deciding whether he will officially divorce Anna, a socially risky move for him, her, and their son), in order to provide contrast to some of the events of the main threads or to discuss the results of the protagonists' actions in further depth. Levin's brothers, the destitute Nikolai Dmitrievich and the highly successful Sergius Ivanich (Levin's half-brother), also play large roles in some chapters, particularly by interjecting philosophical viewpoints in various discussions.

** Which is ''nothing'' compared to his more famous ''WarAndPeace'' which was several times longer. And, [[YourMileageMayVary for some,]] several times less readable.

--Klaus Baudelaire's take on the book's central theme, in ''ASeriesofUnfortunateEvents''

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Anna, when everything falls apart. Vronsky is also DrivenToSuicide earlier in the story but his attempt fails and he reconsiders.]]

* DoYouThinkICantFeel: Alexei to Anna.