Discussion questions, themes, and synopses to help you get the most out of Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece of Victorian values, Anna Karenina.

Thoughts on characters in Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina. From Stiva and Dolly's silent understanding, Kitty and Levin's new marriage, Anna's affair with Vronsky and pending divorce, get new insight into this classic Russian novel of family life.

Plot points from Part One of Anna Karenina dealing with the way families are portrayed and understood at the beginning of the novel.

Information about the life, literature, family and history of Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who wrote Anna Karenina.

Read past issues of Oprah's Book Club Newsletters about reading Leo Tolstoy's classic novel 'Anna Karenina.'