Translated to Arabic,«Anna Karenina»(1878), by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). This complex novel novel is one of betrayal, faith, family, society, rural life...it is a story of Anna, trapped by the conventions of society, who has as extramarital affair with a cavalry officer...the lovers flee to Italy but later return to Russia, where rapid societal transformations are taking place. Translated to Arabic by Nahid Yusuf with review of Hana Afanah.