the ultimate betrayal by michelle reid pdf

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'The secrets burrowed in this seemingly placid small town.are so suburban noir they would make David Lynch clap with glee. Soon to be a major HBO® series starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon! lessĬheck out the #1 New York Times bestseller Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, called “a surefire hit” by Entertainment Weekly. 'Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English, and their superb rendering allows us, as perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of Tolstoy's 'characters, acts, situations''. (Lisa Appignanesi, Independent, Books of the Year). 'The new and brilliantly witty translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is a must'. Their translation is accompanied in this edition by an introduction by Richard Pevear and a preface by John Bayley. This acclaimed modern translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky won the PEN/ Book of the Month Club Translation Prize in 2001. Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. Tolstoy's epic novel of love, destiny and self-destruction, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition from Penguin Classics.

The ultimate betrayal by michelle reid pdf