Anna Karenina

Product Description <br/>[Tolstoy's story of one woman's fate is brought powerfully to life in this BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatization starring Teresa Gallagher and Toby Stephens.]<br/><br/>Tolstoy's story of one woman's fate is brought powerfully to life in this full cast dramatization. Anna Karenina enjoys a privileged and aristocratic lifestyle as the wife of influential government official Alexy Karenin. Yet their ten year marriage is devoid of tenderness, and when Anna falls in love with the handsome Count Vronsky, they embark upon a deep and passionate affair. Reflecting the social conditions of the era in which it was written, Tolstoy's masterpiece sets a doomed love story against a harsh and unforgiving backdrop.<br/> About the Author <br/>Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born in Russia. His parents, who died when he was young, were of noble birth. He served in the army in the Caucasus and Crimea, where he wrote his first stories. He is especially known for his masterpieces, ''War and Peace'' (1869) and ''Anna Karenina'' (1877).