Published in its final and complete version in 1877, but known two years before in serials, the novel stands out as one of Tolstoy's most outstanding works, in prose vanguard of the 19th century, with a personal vision on a society in moral decay process.
A project, sponsored by Yasnaya Polyanais ranch-house museum, along with Google, gave prestige to Anna Karenina with the largest readership audit online, and the most massive call achieved in recent years, of this kind, according to reports.
The reading marathon started on October 3, 2014, when the YouTube channel broadcast live how Tolstoy's passionate followers, in a 30-hour record, read his novel, from different cities of the world.
According to the federal Culture channel, of the Russian television, theater and cinema artists, journalists, musicians, and descendents of the author of "War and Peace," participated among readers, the Prensa Latina News Agency reported.