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Anna Karenina [Leo Tolstoy] was first #published serially(1875-77) in a Russian #journal before being published in #book format in 1878.
The first sentence of A.K. is: “All happy #families resemble each other; each unhappy #family is unhappy in its own way". This sentence is often quoted, but just as often, misunderstood. It means that each unhappy family is missing one or more of the elements that make a truly happy family, i.e., love, good health, family...
Anna Karenina is unhappy in her marriage to Count Alexei Karenin, as he does not / can not satisfy her emotionally, driving the once #virtuous matriarch into the arms of Count Aleksey Vronsky, where Anna finally finds emotional comfort and solace.
Ultimately, however, this consolation is short-lived, as Anna's passions are far too profound and great even for Vronsky, who is frivolous with his care, despite truly loving Anna.
Both characters are doomed, as they must pay for their sins against morality. Vronsky charges into a suicide mission by book's end upon learning of Anna's death.
Anna kills herself upon the understanding that she will always feel trapped and unhappy, unable to live the unbridled life she wants due to the society of her time. Divorcing Count Karenin seems a viable solution, releasing her to the passionate embrace of her lover, Count Vronsky, but this happiness is marred by the fact that Anna's contemporary society has cast her out due to her impetuous behavior. She will never be allowed true happiness.
Adding to Anna's doom was Tolstoy's own administered punishment of his female protagonist for the sin of abandoning her son.
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