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WGBH-TV, Boston, MA. – 2001
In 1870, after the successful publication of "War and Peace," Leo Tolstoy began imagining a story about a high-born society woman, "Anna Karenina," who destroys her life by having an adulterous affair. By presenting his adulteress as a sympathetic character, Tolstoy aimed to expose injustices in such Russian institutions as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classics (Literature), Critical Viewing, Cultural Context