Download or read book Anna Karenin ... written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Karenin: In nineteenth-century Russia, the wife of an important government official loses her family and social status when she chooses the love of Count Vronsky over a passionless marriage. Ivan the Fool: A short story (styled as a Russian folk tale) that demonstrates Tolstoy's belief that a man who can remain untempted by money or military power can defeat the Old Devil.