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Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy · 1878 · 12 chapters · 24/7 tutor
Love, family, society, and modern life.
This course was produced by Cavua from a public-domain text.
Skills this course leaves you with.
- Analyze the major themes of love, family, and society in Anna Karenina
- Trace the development of the main characters across the novel
- Interpret Tolstoy’s portrayal of modern life and social norms
- Examine the structure and narrative movement across the parts and chapters
- Discuss the novel’s treatment of marriage, morality, and personal freedom
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- Chapters
- 12
- Lessons
- 248
- Topics
- 647
- 01Oblonsky household in disarray
- 02Stiva wakes in the study
- 01Stepan Arkadyevitch’s remorse after the quarrel
- 02Morning routine and household reactions
- 01Morning dressing and correspondence
- 02Liberal opinions and newspaper reading
- 03Children, petitioners, and the decision to visit his wife
- 01Dolly confronts Stiva about Anna's visit
- 02Dolly's outburst and Stiva's departure
- 01Darya Alexandrovna’s domestic duties
- 02Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky’s career and social standing
- 03Levin’s arrival at the board offices
- 04Levin’s criticism of district councils
- 05Levin asks about the Shtcherbatskys and Kitty
- 06Levin challenges Oblonsky’s work and learns Kitty is at the Zoological Gardens
- 01Levin’s attachment to the Shtcherbatsky household
- 02Levin’s fear of proposing to Kitty
- 01Levin arrives at Koznishev's Moscow house
- 02Philosophical dispute over psychological and physiological phenomena
- 01Sergey Ivanovitch and the district council
- 02Nikolay Levin's return to Moscow
- 01Levin’s arrival at the Zoological Gardens
- 02Skating-ground meeting with Kitty
- 01Dinner at the England restaurant
- 02Levin’s discomfort with city manners
- 03Levin asks about Kitty
- 01Levin’s confession of love and unworthiness
- 02Vronsky as Kitty’s rival
- 03Oblonsky’s defense of temptation and adultery
- 01Oblonsky's defense of mixed motives in life
- 02Kitty Shtcherbatskaya's suitors and her mother's anxiety
- 01Kitty's anxious anticipation before the meeting
- 02Levin's proposal and Kitty's refusal
- 01Kitty's distress and Countess Nordston's arrival
- 02Vronsky's entrance and Levin's recognition of Kitty's love
- 03Conversation on country life and spiritualism
- 01Kitty’s sleepless remorse after Levin’s proposal
- 02The prince and princess quarrel over Kitty’s match
- 01Vronsky’s courtship of Kitty
- 01Vronsky’s reflective evening after the Shtcherbatskys’
- 02Meeting Oblonsky at the Petersburg railway station
- 03Oblonsky’s introduction of Anna Karenina and Levin
- 01Vronsky’s reaction to Kitty and the train’s arrival
- 02Anna Karenina’s first meeting with Vronsky and his mother
- 03The station accident and Vronsky’s aid to the widow
- 01Anna’s arrival and Dolly’s grief
- 02Confession of Stiva’s infidelity
- 01Anna’s counsel on forgiveness
- 02Anna’s day at the Oblonskys’
- 03Kitty’s admiration and the ball conversation
- 01Dolly and Stepan Arkadyevitch’s reconciliation
- 02Anna’s album and Vronsky’s visit
- 01Arrival at the ballroom
- 02Kitty's waltz with Korsunsky
- 03Kitty's first sight of Anna Karenina
- 01Anna's entrance and the first waltz
- 02Vronsky and Kitty during the quadrille
- 03Kitty's despair before the mazurka
- 04Kitty's mazurka and Anna's fascination
- 01Anna’s departure from the mazurka
- 02Levin’s reflections on Nikolay’s life
- 03Levin visits Nikolay’s lodgings
- 01Nikolay Levin’s productive association
- 02Family estrangement and drinking
- 01Levin's return from Moscow and resolve for a new life
- 02Pava's calving in the cowhouse
- 01Levin's estate business and the calf
- 02Levin's family ideal and marriage dreams
- 03Tea, reading, and reflections on future life
- 01Levin’s renewed resolve at home
- 02Anna’s sudden departure from Moscow
- 03Anna’s confession to Dolly about Kitty
- 01Anna and Dolly’s farewell conversation
- 02Anna’s train journey and inner conflict
- 01Anna's feverish state on the train
- 02Encounter with Vronsky at the station
- 03Aftermath of the brief conversation
- 01Anna's reunion with her husband at Petersburg
- 02Vronsky's sleepless journey and first sight of Anna's husband
- 03The first meeting at the station
- 01Anna’s return and Alexey Alexandrovitch’s polite dismissal of Vronsky
- 02Anna’s reunion with Seryozha
- 01Anna with Seryozha before visitors
- 02Countess Lidia Ivanovna’s visit and church politics
- 03Town news, household tasks, and correspondence
- 01Anna's return to domestic composure
- 02Evening at the Karenin household
- 03Anna and Alexey Alexandrovitch's conversation after dinner
- 01Anna’s judgment of Alexey Alexandrovitch
- 02Vronsky returns to Petritsky’s rooms
- 03Baroness Shilton’s coffee and divorce talk
- 01Petersburg society and Vronsky's return
- 02Buzulukov's new helmet prank
- 03Reporting for duty and social calls
- 01Kitty’s illness and the doctors’ consultation
- 01Doctor’s consultation and travel advice
- 02Dolly’s visit and family news
- 03Kitty’s shame and parental quarrel
- 01Kitty’s rejection and humiliation
- 01Kitty's spiritual distress and convalescence
- 02Anna Karenina's three social circles
- 03Vronsky's pursuit at the opera
- 01Vronsky’s teasing story of the sledge pursuit
- 02The officers’ apology and the clerk’s complaint
- 01Vronsky’s apology to Venden
- 02Princess Betsy’s tea gathering
- 01Anna’s arrival and salon conversation
- 02Anna and Vronsky’s private confession
- 03Alexey Alexandrovitch’s arrival and departure
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch's unease after the evening encounter
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch’s planned warning
- 02Anna’s return and guarded exchange
- 03Marriage, decorum, and implied accusation
- 04Silence in the bedroom
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch's helplessness
- 02Anna and Vronsky's confession
- 01Anna's shame and nightmare
- 02Levin's lingering humiliation after Moscow
- 03Spring work and agricultural study
- 01Spring thaw and renewal of the estate
- 02Levin's spring farm plans and cattle work
- 03Bailiff disputes over sowing and labor
- 04Ride through the fields and new improvements
- 05Levin's agricultural vision and sowing clover
- 01Spring inspection of the fields
- 02Stepan Arkadyevitch's unexpected visit
- 03Dinner, agriculture, and the shooting outing
- 01Stand-shooting in the aspen copse
- 02Levin learns Kitty is ill
- 01Levin’s jealousy and the forest sale
- 02Ryabinin negotiates the purchase
- 01Levin's resentment after the forest sale
- 02Vronsky, Kitty, and Levin's humiliation
- 01Vronsky’s regiment and public reputation
- 02Society’s reaction to the affair
- 03Countess Vronskaya’s changing opinion
- 01Vronsky’s racing preparations and thoughts of Anna
- 02Vronsky’s encounter with the officers and Yashvin
- 01Vronsky and Yashvin's camaraderie
- 02Petritsky's hangover and the letters from home
- 03Vronsky leaves for the stables and Peterhof
- 01Vronsky inspects Frou-Frou and Gladiator
- 02The mare’s condition and race readiness
- 03Vronsky’s anger over interference in his love
- 01Vronsky resolves to end the false position
- 02Vronsky’s arrival at Anna’s house
- 03Seryozha as a barrier to their freedom
- 04Anna alone on the terrace
- 01Anna reveals her pregnancy
- 02Vronsky urges an end to deception
- 03Anna’s fear for her son
- 01Anna’s plea for secrecy
- 02Vronsky’s journey to the races
- 03Racecourse arrivals and social encounters
- 04Starting lineup for the steeplechase
- 01Race course and starting lineup
- 02The race begins and the first obstacles
- 01Vronsky overtakes Mahotin and takes the lead
- 02The final obstacles and Frou-Frou’s exhaustion
- 01Vronsky’s racehorse accident
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch’s concealed jealousy
- 03Anna prepares for Alexey Alexandrovitch’s visit
- 01Anna's strained reception at home
- 02Arrival at the race-course pavilion
- 03Alexey Alexandrovitch's defense of racing
- 04Vronsky's start and Anna's terror
- 01Anna’s reaction to the race accident
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch confronts Anna
- 01Social crystallization at the watering-place
- 01Kitty’s admiration for Mademoiselle Varenka
- 02Levin’s quarrel at the springs
- 03Kitty and her mother meet Varenka
- 04Madame Stahl’s background and Varenka’s upbringing
- 01Kitty’s admiration for Varenka
- 02Varenka’s past love story
- 03Kitty’s humiliation and shame
- 01Varenka’s quiet composure
- 02Madame Stahl and spiritual life
- 03Kitty’s charitable zeal and secrecy
- 01Kitty’s suspicion about Anna Pavlovna and Petrov
- 02Prince Shtcherbatsky returns from Carlsbad
- 03Walk to the springs and meeting Kitty’s acquaintances
- 04Awkward encounter with Petrov and Anna Pavlovna
- 05Prince Shtcherbatsky visits Madame Stahl
- 01Madame Stahl and Kitty’s disillusionment
- 02The Shtcherbatskys’ garden luncheon
- 03Kitty’s quarrel with Varenka
- 04Kitty’s recovery and return to Russia
- 01Sergey Ivanovitch’s country rest
- 02Levin’s view of the peasantry
- 03The brothers’ contrasting judgments
- 01Agafea Mihalovna’s injury and the summer turning-point
- 02Drive through the woods to the meadow
- 03Hay-making preparations and the decision to mow
- 01Levin and Sergey Ivanovitch on district self-government
- 01Levin decides to mow with the peasants
- 02Levin's first mowing row
- 01Rain, lunch, and return to the meadow
- 02Afternoon mowing with the old peasant and Mishka
- 03Dinner rest and renewed work
- 04Evening mowing at Mashkin Upland
- 01Levin returns from mowing and dines with Sergey Ivanovitch
- 02Oblonsky's letter about Dolly at Ergushovo
- 03Sergey Ivanovitch on peasant views and their earlier disagreement
- 01Levin’s distracted departure
- 02Dolly at Ergushovo
- 01Dolly’s hopes for the country summer
- 02Hardships of country life at Ergushovo
- 03Marya Philimonovna restores order
- 04Dolly’s anxieties and joy in her children
- 01Children’s first communion preparations
- 02Church service and Grisha’s tart
- 03Mushroom picking, bathing, and peasant women
- 01Levin meets Darya Alexandrovna on the drive home
- 02Levin's easy rapport with the children
- 03Conversation about Kitty and cow-keeping
- 01Kitty’s refusal and Levin’s wounded pride
- 02Darya Alexandrovna’s theory of a girl’s choice
- 03French lessons and the children’s quarrel
- 01Hay division dispute on the estate
- 02Peasant haymaking in the meadow
- 01Haymakers’ dance and Levin’s envy
- 02Night of reflection in the meadow
- 03Dawn departure and unexpected carriage encounter
- 01Levin recognizes Kitty and rejects peasant simplicity
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch’s reaction to Anna’s confession
- 03Alexey Alexandrovitch weighs duel, divorce, and separation
- 01Karenin’s decision and letter to Anna
- 02Official commission disputes and irrigation inquiry
- 01Anna’s confession and dread
- 02Decision to leave with Seryozha
- 01Anna's farewell letters
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch's reply and Anna's despair
- 01Anna’s despair and decision to visit Princess Tverskaya
- 02Croquet party and concealed meeting with Vronsky
- 03Conversation about Liza Merkalova and social morality
- 01Arrival of Sappho Shtoltz and Vaska
- 02Liza Merkalova’s charm and boredom
- 01Anna’s decision to leave the gathering
- 02Vronsky’s day of reckoning
- 03Vronsky’s debts and income
- 01Vronsky’s financial retrenchment
- 02Vronsky’s code of principles
- 03Anna, her husband, and the problem of the future
- 04Ambition and the stalled military career
- 01Vronsky’s renewed ambition and Serpuhovskoy’s return
- 02The colonel’s fête and reunion with Serpuhovskoy
- 03Politics, power, and independent men
- 04Women as a hindrance to career
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01How many chapters are in the Anna Karenina course?
The Anna Karenina course has 12 chapters, each with its own lessons and topics.
02How many lessons are in the Anna Karenina course?
There are 248 lessons across the course, and you can ask your 24/7 tutor about any of them.
03Can I see what the Anna Karenina course covers before I start?
Yes. The full curriculum is listed on this page, beginning with "PART ONE PART TWO · PART THREE PART FOUR · PART FIVE PART SIX (and 1 more section)".
04Do I get a certificate for the Anna Karenina course?
Yes. Finishing the course earns a personal Cavua certificate of completion.
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