Glamorizing Sin?

I have not read Tolstoy's novel, but commentors in the androsphere have claimed that the main character is clearly regarded as an immoral woman in the novel, and is a prototypical attention wh*re. Is the scriptwriter and Joe Wright trying to turn her into a Romantic heroine? Or was Tolstoy a big Romantic after all, decrying the social restraints of Russian society that prevented true love from being fulfilled? Or, was he just a an observer of Russian high society and just crafting a tale around certain personalities?

Regardless, guess which version of the character Anna would be more attractive to Uhmerican audiences.

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