Esther Freud, for The Guardian, notes the ten books that broke her heart.
From the piece...
4. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Possibly the greatest novel ever written. Tolstoy captures the rollercoaster arc of Anna's passion for Vronsky, and shows us the impossibility of her love ever being a match for what she's lost. The scenes between her and her small son whom she must abandon, are heartbreaking in their restraint, and it is these moments you remember, when Vronsky's ardour begins to fade.
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