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In this invigorating new assessment of Anna Karenina , Gary Saul Morson overturns traditional interpretations of the classic novel and shows why readers have misunderstood Tolstoy’s characters and intentions. Morson argues that Tolstoy’s ideas are far more radical than has been his masterpiece challenges deeply held conceptions of romantic love, the process of social reform, modernization, and the nature of good and evil. By investigating the ethical, philosophical, and social issues with which Tolstoy grappled, Morson finds in Anna Karenina powerful connections with the concerns of today. He proposes that Tolstoy’s effort to see the world more wisely can deeply inform our own search for wisdom in the present day. The book offers brilliant analyses of Anna, Karenin, Dolly, Levin, and other characters, with a particularly subtle portrait of Anna’s extremism and self-deception. Morson probes Tolstoy’s important insights (evil is often the result of negligence; goodness derives from small, everyday deeds) and completes the volume with an irresistible, original list of One Hundred and Sixty-Three Tolstoyan Conclusions.

Paru en 1877, ANNA KARENINE est un roman de Léon Tolstoï qui se divise en deux tomes et comprend huit parties dont trois appartiennent au premier tome et cinq au second. Se déroulant en Russie, l'histoire est centrée sur l'amour, ses diverses formes et les conséquences dans la vie. Connaissant un grand succès, ce chef d'oeuvre marque également l'entrée triomphante de la littérature russe dans la culture européenne. Résumé: Stépan Arkadiévitch Oblonskï, surnommé Stiva est marié avec la princesse Daria Alexandrovna, surnommée Dolly, depuis huit ans. Ce dernier entretient une liaison avec une française, Mademoiselle Roland, qui avait été l'institutrice des ses enfants. Lorsque Dolly apprend cette liaison, elle envisage de le quitter, et celui-ci se demande comment s'y prendre pour rompre avec l'institutrice. Il invite à Moscou sa soeur ANNA, que sa femme apprécie pour essayer de la convaincre de rester..... Bonne lecture......

Fundamentalism Writ Large -- Fundamentalism and its Alternatives: From Fanaticism to Dialogue -- Divided We Stand: The Politics of Hate -- Price and Prejudice: Economics and the Quest for Truth -- Searching for Eternal Truths: Religion and its Discontents -- Literature: How to Ruin It and Why You Shouldn't -- Path Forward -- Chekhov With the Final Word.

In Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading economist make the case that the humanities—especially the study of literature—offer economists ways to make their models more realistic, their predictions more accurate, and their policies more effective and just. Arguing that Adam Smith’s heirs include Austen, Chekhov, and Tolstoy as much as Keynes and Friedman, Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro trace the connection between Adam Smith’s great classic, The Wealth of Nations, and his less celebrated book on ethics, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The authors contend that a few decades later, Jane Austen invented her groundbreaking method of novelistic narration in order to give life to the empathy that Smith believed essential to humanity. More than anyone, the great writers can offer economists something they need—a richer appreciation of behavior, ethics, culture, and narrative. Original, provocative, and inspiring, Cents and Sensibility demonstrates the benefits of a dialogue between economics and the humanities and also shows how looking at real-world problems can revitalize the study of literature itself. Featuring a new preface, this book brings economics back to its place in the human conversation.

Gary Saul Morson brings to life the intense intellectual debates shaping two centuries of Russian writing. Dialogues of great writers with philosophical wanderers and blood-soaked radicals reveal a contest between unyielding dogmatism and open-minded wonder, rendering the Russian literary canon at once distinctive and universally human.