Tolstoy’s story of one woman’s fate is brought powerfully to life in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatization. Anna Karenina enjoys a privileged and aristocratic lifestyle as the wife of influential government official Alexy Karenin. Yet their 10-year marriage is devoid of tenderness, and when Anna falls in love with the handsome Count Vronsky they embark upon a deep and passionate affair. Reflecting the social conditions of the era in which it was written, Tolstoy’s masterpiece sets a doomed love story against a harsh and unforgiving backdrop.