Anna Karenina

Classics are relevant in any historical era because they touch on topics that are close to each person personally. And the author does not necessarily have to give direct answers to burning questions: it is even better if this opportunity is given to the reader. Tolstoy does not give them. On the contrary, having aphoristically introduced us to the situation with a single sentence, “All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” he immediately mixes everything up, without even choosing special words: “Everything was mixed up in the Oblonskys’ house.” And then it is up to the reader to follow all the paths of the plot with the burden of his own life experience and find these answers himself. They are different for everyone. And this is a classic.