Anna Karenina is one of those books. Written by Leo Tolstoy as a serial installment from 1873 to 1877 in The Russian Messenger, some critics have called it the greatest novel ever written.

Joe Wright's sweeping adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" (with a screenplay by Tom Stoppard) is one of the most inventive, visually lush films of the year. It is "staged" in a theater in ...

Director Joe Wright's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, which centers on Karenina's affair with a wealthy count, takes a different twist by opting for a theater setting for Focus Features' film ...

“Anna Karenina” is a cinematic jewel. Leo Tolstoy’s tale about a married socialite’s affair with a cavalry officer during late 1800s Russia is expertly faceted by director Joe Wright, his ...

In Toronto, Anna Karenina had Cleveland Plain Dealer film critic Clint O’Connor turning somersaults, calling the film “a stunning production, something akin to a grand dance.” ...

This reader hopes other readers will explain. Anna Karenina is a very interesting novel about humanity, love, the politics or strategies or contractual aspects of love, plus it’s a great story.