The translation is fresh and immediate, but with all the elegance and power of the original." - Amy Mandelker, CUNY In particular, her translations of the descriptive passages are miniature masterpieces. "Rosamund Bartlett's achievement is magnificent. Rosamund Bartlett's introduction, a tour d'horizon of Tolstoy's life and work, is also excellent." - Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal Wilson, Books of the Year, Times Literary Supplement It is also a very beautifully produced book." - A. Bartlett also offers a superb introduction - best thing ever written about the novel - and helpful notes. "Rosamund Bartlett's translation is much the best English translation which has ever appeared. "Any excuse to reread Anna Karenina, and I enjoyed Rosamund Bartlett's new translation, published in a handsome hardcover edition by Oxford University Press." - Sara Wheeler, Book of the Year 2014, Observer " much the best English translation which has ever appeared. "Rosamund Bartlett's version draws on her acclaimed work as a prolific writer, translator and scholar of modern Russian literature and culture." - Carol Apollonio, The Times Literary Supplement
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