The novel "Anna Karenina" reflected in full detail the Russian reality of the 1870s. The text incorporated not only the signs of time and the characters of the characters created by L. N. Tolstoy on the basis of many and many prototypes - the writer introduced a lot of autobiographical into the novel, experienced by himself. While working on the novel, Tolstoy kept no diaries. "I wrote everything in Anna Karenina, "he said," and there was nothing left." This edition is decorated with illustrations, each of which is a picturesque canvas, accurate, convincing, from the first pages transferring the reader to the space of the novel.