Ana Karenina is one of the most representative novels of one of the most distinguished novelists of the 19th century. This work, from the author's time of maturity, reflects all the problems of old Russia. Ana Karenina is the story of a passion. The protagonist, who gives the play its name, is a disturbing and fascinating character due to the intensity of her life. Tolstoi, a good psychologist and connoisseur of the world around him, opens Ana's intimacy and traces with a firm pulse the plot of this novel, an imperishable work for its depth, its strength and its veracity.