Vox Hunt: Fictional Favorite
Book: Show us one of your favorite works of fiction.
Anna Karenina is my favourite work of fiction. I love the drama, the romance, the history.
I also like the way it makes me think about morality and consequence. Would Anna have lived if Karenin had agreed to a divorce? Would Vronsky have married her? Would they have been happy together? How were her children affected by the events? So much to think about.
I have yet to see a movie adaptation of Anna that I like, but the BBC series with Helen McCrory as Anna and Kevin McKidd as Vronsky is divine. Helen is exactly as I imagine Anna: not too young, but not old either. Not 'pretty', but striking. And vivacious, full of life.
The mini-series also tells the story of Levin and Kitty, which most movies omit. I think Tolstoy would be horrified by this, as the juxtapositon of Levin/Kitty and Anna/Vronsky is essential to his story.
The copy I'm holding is my own, and I was so pleased to find it. I had searched everywhere for a copy that didn't have bible-thin pages, or tiny, squint-inducing print. This one is quite a hefty tome, but it's printed on quality paper with good sized print, so I don't mind the size so much.
I also like the way it makes me think about morality and consequence. Would Anna have lived if Karenin had agreed to a divorce? Would Vronsky have married her? Would they have been happy together? How were her children affected by the events? So much to think about.
I have yet to see a movie adaptation of Anna that I like, but the BBC series with Helen McCrory as Anna and Kevin McKidd as Vronsky is divine. Helen is exactly as I imagine Anna: not too young, but not old either. Not 'pretty', but striking. And vivacious, full of life.
The mini-series also tells the story of Levin and Kitty, which most movies omit. I think Tolstoy would be horrified by this, as the juxtapositon of Levin/Kitty and Anna/Vronsky is essential to his story.
The copy I'm holding is my own, and I was so pleased to find it. I had searched everywhere for a copy that didn't have bible-thin pages, or tiny, squint-inducing print. This one is quite a hefty tome, but it's printed on quality paper with good sized print, so I don't mind the size so much.
