War and Peace or Anna Karenina?

eyemaker · 07-10-2008, 04:52 AM

I've recently reread both Tolstoy's most celebrated works-hey took me a lot less time than I thought they would. After reading those works i've fancy Russian Literarture.

But I must ask you if which book would you prefer?
For you, which is great?

johann cruyff · 07-10-2008, 08:05 AM

Both are great,and I enjoyed them both immensely. Anna Karenina did have a certain note of soap-opera from time to time,but I think I like it a bit more. Levin is,in my opinion,one of the best literary characters ever created,so that's a plus too. I vote Anna K.

Agatha · 07-10-2008, 11:46 AM

It's a hard choice

But I prefer War and Peace, though Anna Karenina is a great novel too. I liked War and Peace so much, because it's a great story about love, betrayal, war, Russian society. And it takes place in Napoleonic times- my favorite historical period

eyemaker · 07-10-2008, 09:27 PM

Yes both Tolstoy's novel are great! It's hard to choose from any of those.

bazarov · 08-19-2008, 04:21 PM

Anna Karenina is like everything good from War and Peace, and Levin is much much better then Bezuhov or Prince Andrey. So, Anna Karenina. Or maybe War and Peace? Damn, it's hard...

MilanGupta · 02-23-2009, 08:14 PM

war and peace and anna karenina are different in many aspects. When i read anna karenina for the first time i absolutely loved it. but i feel that war and peace is the better book as it covers more characters and studies characters better. the way tolstoy has described the psychologies of characters like andrew bolkonski and pierre bezukhov is amazing. reading both of his novels makes one wonder "how does he know this?". in anna karenina although levin is definitely a likeable character i loved the way tolstoy sympathized with Karenin in the middle part of the novel, and how he described his eventual succumbing to mysticism. wait a bit i am getting down to analyzing the novel! so i would say that anna karenina is the one you would find better and perhaps easier if you read tolstoy for the first time, however war and peace represents better master over the psychology of characters

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07-10-2008, 04:52 AM	#1
eyemaker Pewter Pots! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Where both ends meet Posts: 2,077 Blog Entries: 64	War and Peace or Anna Karenina? I've recently reread both Tolstoy's most celebrated works-hey took me a lot less time than I thought they would. After reading those works i've fancy Russian Literarture. But I must ask you if which book would you prefer? For you, which is great? __________________ "I maintain my pride in the face of men, but I abandon it before God, who drew me out of nothingness to make me what I am." --The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

07-10-2008, 08:05 AM	#2
johann cruyff Kafkaesque Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bosnia & Herzegovina Posts: 405	Both are great,and I enjoyed them both immensely. Anna Karenina did have a certain note of soap-opera from time to time,but I think I like it a bit more. Levin is,in my opinion,one of the best literary characters ever created,so that's a plus too. I vote Anna K. __________________ Noću, u intimnom, poluglasnom razgovoru sa samim sobom, nikako ne mogu zapravo logički opravdati zašto se u posljednje vrijeme toliko uzrujavam zbog ljudske gluposti. Miroslav Krleža

07-10-2008, 09:27 PM	#4
eyemaker Pewter Pots! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Where both ends meet Posts: 2,077 Blog Entries: 64	Yes both Tolstoy's novel are great! It's hard to choose from any of those. __________________ "I maintain my pride in the face of men, but I abandon it before God, who drew me out of nothingness to make me what I am." --The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

08-19-2008, 04:21 PM	#5
bazarov Ataraxia Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In spleen Posts: 2,188	Anna Karenina is like everything good from War and Peace, and Levin is much much better then Bezuhov or Prince Andrey. So, Anna Karenina. Or maybe War and Peace? Damn, it's hard... __________________ At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness, During times of heavy loss And when you're sad The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay. To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong. If you need me urgent, send me a PM

07-10-2008, 11:46 AM	#3
Agatha Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 112	It's a hard choice But I prefer War and Peace, though Anna Karenina is a great novel too. I liked War and Peace so much, because it's a great story about love, betrayal, war, Russian society. And it takes place in Napoleonic times- my favorite historical period

02-23-2009, 08:14 PM	#6
MilanGupta Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1	war and peace and anna karenina are different in many aspects. When i read anna karenina for the first time i absolutely loved it. but i feel that war and peace is the better book as it covers more characters and studies characters better. the way tolstoy has described the psychologies of characters like andrew bolkonski and pierre bezukhov is amazing. reading both of his novels makes one wonder "how does he know this?". in anna karenina although levin is definitely a likeable character i loved the way tolstoy sympathized with Karenin in the middle part of the novel, and how he described his eventual succumbing to mysticism. wait a bit i am getting down to analyzing the novel! so i would say that anna karenina is the one you would find better and perhaps easier if you read tolstoy for the first time, however war and peace represents better master over the psychology of characters

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