Starting Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

While I was looking for a new book the other day, my dad recommended this book to me. Being the teenager I am, at first I didn't even know what this famous book was. Yet, when I learned where and when it was written, I was suddenly interested. However, I didn't ask about the storyline at all and just dove right into the novel. Right away I was suspended in a dream, the first line even captivating me with it's jarring words: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way". To me these words seemed weird words to start a book with, making me read the line a couple of times. Finally, I got past my surprise and jumped into the book, long names and all. The first character I met was Prince Stephen Arkadyevinch Oblonsky--trying saying that name five times fast! He himself is an intriguing character, brutally honest to himself and the others around him. He's certain more interesting than his wife, Dolly. She's a pitiful creature who's trying to deal with the fact that her husband was having an affair, trying to make believe that she'll leave him even when she loves him too much to do so; while she's a relatable character that probably attracts readers, I just don't like her. She's too much of a sob-story for me to like her. Anyways, getting off the topic of Dolly, it intrigues me that I haven't met Anna Karenina yet. While I'm only on page twenty since I've reread about every page I've read, she's suppose to be the main character. So why haven't I met her yet? With that question I bid you ado, for I have other homework to do.