Leo Tolstoi - Anna Karenina (klassikkohaaste 2021)
"He was angry with everybody for their interference, just because he felt in his soul that they were right. He felt that the love that united him with Anna was not momentary infatuation, which would pass, as Society intrigues do, without leaving any trace in the lives of the one or the other except pleasant or disagreeable memories. He felt all the torment of his and her position, all the difficulties they were surrounded by in consequence of their station in life, which exposed them to the eyes of the whole world, obliged them to hide their love, to lie an deceive, an again to lie and deceive, to scheme and constantly think about other while the passion that bound them was so strong that they both forgot everything but their love." Alkuperäisteos Anna Karenina (1875-77). Wordsworth Editions 1999. Kun ilmoittauduin klassikkohaasteeseen, en aluksi tiennyt, mihin klassikkoon tarttuisin. Sitten muistin, että olen jo kaksi kertaa yrittänyt lukea tämän klassikon ja aina keskey