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Well written
A book always sits better with me once I know the main premise. This book was about relationships and he did a good job of describing them. He set the characters well against each other and was able to paint them well. Sometimes it got bogged down in it all though. It would have made a good movie - I'm sure someone has already done it.
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In 1927 Greta Garbo portrayed Anna in a silent film titled "Love" (but updated it to the 1920s)Then in 1935 Garbo again in a more faithful talking version. 1948 -- a faithful version with Vivien Leigh. 1967 -- faithful Russian version with Tatiana Samoilova (DVD has option of dubbed English or English subtitles). 1985 -- made fo TV version with Jacqueline Bisset. 1997-- Sophie Marceau as Anna with title "Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina" (filmed in St.Petersburg, but regarded by critic Leonard Maltin as a "passionless" version ! -- George M
Apr 9, 2009 10:15 am
by gmatusk
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