Tolstoy fans

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Anonymous wrote:It's my favorite book, too. Come back and let us know! I read the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation when I re-read it a decade ago. Sigh. I might have to re-read it again. All happy families ...

I first read it in college , in Russian (I'm a native Russian speaker), quite a few years ago, and re-read it fairly recently. And the story took on a totally different angle for me!! Even the perception of characters changed the second time around (I started feeling sort of bad for Karenina's husband, something I couldn't even fathom in my early twenties). So, if you have time, go for it, re-read the book, you'll love it.. again!

OP here. PP, when you reread it did you do it in Russian again, or in English? I'm interested in a native Russian-speaker's take on the various translations.