Anna Karenina, the beautiful young wife of a tsarist official, seems to have it all. But then she encounters the mysterious Count Vronsky and falls hopelessly in love with him. She sacrifices everything for her unconditional devotion to him: her husband, her beloved son, even the respect of the society in which she lives. The tragedy of a woman becomes in Tolstoy's hands an unrelenting portrait of the aristocratic society in 19th century Russia. One of the most significant novels in world literature: published in its entirety for the first time.