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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a novel entirely Russian, yet also modern, because of the depth of Tolstoy’s characters and how he develops them. For a work which encompasses such grand themes, the characters are all too human, trapped by the dictums and hypocrisies of their society. Many consider it the greatest modern novel.