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Anna Karenina cultural definition

(1873-1876) A novel by Leo Tolstoy; the title character enters a tragic adulterous affair and commits suicide by throwing herself under a train.

  • Anna Karenina begins with the famous sentence “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

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