13 of 1001 Books: Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

I'm still puzzling why this is called Anna Karenina despite it just being a character in the book. I suppose she was the connecting character for all that took place, but it just seemed there could have been a more insightful title. Anyways, I had been really wanting to read Tolstoy, and this was my first stop. Stop parts were great, some were boring, and some I wasn't even sure why it was in the book. I mean get it is significant to the development, but the prose is well long winded. I've got to say I'm one who does fall for a tragic romance though.

Summary: The book opens with Kitty, Levin, and Vronsky. Kitty must choose between the two men, but feels a more secure future with Vronsky. Her wrong choice leads to heartache and uncertainty, and Levin is embarrassingly now keeping his distance after the rejection of her love. Vronsky though has fallen for Anna, who is married. Anna though will not let that even stop her and the two work to try to see each other as if they are any other normal couple around her marriage. Levin and Kitty continue to try to forge a bond, but as one relationship grows into something beautiful one will die.