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Anna Karenina

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Anna Karenina

Novel by Leo Tolstoy, published 1873-77. It describes a married woman's love affair with Vronski, a young officer, which ends with her suicide.

Anna Karenina

Opera by Jenö Hubay (libretto, in Hungarian, by S Góth, based on Tolstoy's novel), first produced in Budapest, Hungary, on 10 November 1923.

It is also the title of an opera by Iain Hamilton (libretto by composer), first produced at the London Coliseum, England, on 7 May 1981.


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