LeoTolstoy'sAnnaKareninastartledtheworldwithitspowerfulportrayalofthehumanneedforloveandhappinessweightedagainsttherigiddemandsofsociety.Itsheroine,thesensual,rebelliousAnna,renouncesarespectableyetstiflingmarriageforanextramaritalaffairthatoffersatasteofpassionevenasitensnaresherinatrapfordestruction.HerstorycontrastswiththatofLevin,ayoungself-doubtingagnosticwhotakesadifferentpathtofulfillmentandfindsfaithandmaritalblissinanageofrepression.Consideredthegreatestnovelofthenineteenthcentury,AnnaKareninahasbeencalledTolstoy'sspiritualautobiography.AnnaandLevinpersonifyhislifelongstruggletoreconcilehisphysicaldesiresandintellectualidealsinordertoleadamoremeaningfulexistence.Hisprogramforabstinenceandnonviolence,basedonapersonalinterpretationoftheGospels,madehimoneoftheworld'smostveneratedteachers. 《安娜·卡列尼娜》小说由两条平行的线索构成:一条是安娜追求爱情幸福的悲剧,她根本不爱了无生气的官僚丈夫卡列宁,而与风流倜傥的年轻军官伏伦斯