Anna Karenina was Widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction, which was d published in serial installments from 1875 in the periodical The Russian Messenger and was finalized in 1877. The novel just triggered a heated discussion since its first announcement. Tolstoy's Church aunt Alexandra Andrerovna. Tolstaya wrote: "Each chapter of Anna Karenina had hit the entire society, causing heated debates, and getting both praise and blame; they debated it just like debating their immediate concerns. "