Leo Tolstoy’s classic of Russian literature in its first—and still, arguably, the best—translation by Constance Garnett, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line.

Anna Karenina is the wife of a well-respected government official. When she travels to St. Petersburg to reconcile her brother and his wife, she meets Count Vronsky and the course of her life is transformed. Widely adapted into theater, ballet, radio, television, and movie adaptations.