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Anna Karenina
Love, family, society, and modern life.
12Chapters
248Lessons
647Topics
Certificate of completion included
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
Curriculum
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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
- 01Vronsky’s journey to the meeting
- 02Anna’s confession and Vronsky’s reaction
- 03The husband’s letter and the question of leaving
- 01Anna’s plea for love and separation
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch’s Commission speech and Anna’s return
- 03Awkward reunion in the study
- 01Anna and Alexey Alexandrovitch's confrontation
- 02Levin's rejection of estate management
- 03Kitty Shtcherbatskaya and Levin's refusal to visit
- 01Levin's journey to the Surovsky district
- 02Peasant farmstead and household labor
- 03Tea with the old farmer and his methods
- 01Levin's impression of the peasant household
- 02Sviazhsky's contradictory character
- 03Shooting trip and evening conversation
- 01Patriarchal estate management and peasant labor
- 02Emancipation, agricultural decline, and rational farming
- 01Labor organization and European models
- 02Sviazhsky’s books and education debate
- 03Levin’s plan to reorganize farming
- 01Levin’s partnership farming plan
- 02Dividing the estate into partnerships
- 01Levin's theory of Russian land use
- 02Timber, cattleyard, and the peasant association
- 03Rain delays and Levin's resolve
- 04Evening work, Kitty, and Agafea Mihalovna's advice
- 01Nikolay's arrival at Levin's house
- 01Nikolay’s renewed mood and plans
- 02Levin’s uneasy conversation with his brother
- 03Night thoughts on death
- 01Levin's fear of death
- 02Argument with Nikolay about labor and communism
- 03Parting from Nikolay and departure for foreign travel
- 01Karenin household estrangement
- 02Vronsky and the visiting prince
- 03Anna’s summons to Vronsky
- 01Vronsky's nightmare and morning dread
- 02Anna's arrival at the Karenins' house
- 01Anna's jealousy and Vronsky's explanation
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch and the husband's reaction
- 03Anna's dream and foreboding of death
- 01Anna's awakening to new life
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch confronts Anna
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch announces the divorce
- 02The Petersburg lawyer's waiting-room
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch’s private consultation
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch’s commission victory and backlash
- 02Inspection trip to the provinces and Moscow encounter
- 01Stepan Arkadyevitch’s social calls and dinner plans
- 02Levin’s return and conversation about death
- 01Stepan Arkadyevitch invites Levin to dinner
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch prepares the divorce letter
- 03Stepan Arkadyevitch reacts to the divorce announcement
- 04Alexey Alexandrovitch agrees to visit Dolly
- 01Dinner party guests and political discussion
- 02Levin and Kitty's reunion
- 01Dinner conversation and Levin’s exhilaration
- 02Classical versus scientific education
- 03Women’s education and rights
- 01Debate over women's rights and duties
- 02Levin and Kitty's private conversation
- 01Pestsov’s argument on unequal rights in marriage
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch’s reaction to Pryatchnikov’s duel
- 03Dolly pleads for Anna’s innocence
- 04Alexey Alexandrovitch explains his resolve for divorce
- 05Dolly’s appeal for forgiveness
- 01Levin and Kitty's wordless understanding
- 02Women’s duties and Kitty’s confession
- 01Kitty and Levin's secret writing
- 02Levin's ecstatic wait for tomorrow
- 03Levin's visit to the meeting and Sviazhsky's household
- 01Levin’s sleepless vigil and morning walk
- 02Levin’s engagement to Kitty
- 01Engagement arrangements and the wedding date
- 02Confession to Kitty and the diary
- 03Engagement celebrations and social congratulations
- 01Levin and Kitty's confession and forgiveness
- 02Karenin receives the telegrams
- 03Journey to Petersburg and Anna's illness
- 04Anna's deathbed confession and reconciliation
- 05Anna's forgiveness and reconciliation
- 06Puerperal fever and the doctors' prognosis
- 07Alexey Alexandrovitch's private talk with Vronsky
- 01Vronsky’s humiliation after the interview
- 02Sleepless torment and self-shooting
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch’s forgiveness and inner peace
- 02The sick baby and household unease
- 03Princess Tverskaya’s visit and Vronsky’s farewell
- 01Anna’s rejection of Alexey Alexandrovitch
- 02The baby’s illness and Anna’s distress
- 03Alexey Alexandrovitch’s sense of impossible duty
- 01Oblonsky’s plea for Anna’s divorce
- 01Stepan Arkadyevitch urges divorce
- 02Karenin's objections to divorce
- 01Vronsky’s recovery and resolve
- 02Anna and Vronsky’s reunion
- 01Wedding timing and trousseau arrangements
- 02Levin’s passivity and plans after marriage
- 03Preparing for confession and communion
- 04Levin’s confession and the priest’s questions
- 01Wedding-day bachelor dinner
- 02Levin's crisis of doubt
- 01Reconciliation and wedding preparations
- 02The church filled with waiting guests
- 03Levin’s delay at the hotel
- 01Levin's missing wedding shirt
- 02Wedding procession and church entrance
- 03Betrothal prayers and ring exchange
- 01Exchange of rings and Levin’s inner turmoil
- 02Wedding guests’ conversation during the ceremony
- 03Dolly’s reflections on marriage and brides
- 01Wedding guests' comments in the church
- 02Plighting troth and the marriage prayers
- 01Levin and Kitty’s wedding ceremony
- 02Vronsky and Anna’s reunion with Golenishtchev
- 01Anna's happiness in exile
- 02Vronsky's restlessness and ennui
- 01Vronsky’s painting ambitions and Anna’s portrait
- 02The palazzo, medieval style, and Mihailov’s picture
- 03Anna’s jealousy and Golenishtchev’s attack on modern free-thinkers
- 01Mihailov at work on the violent-rage sketch
- 02Anna and Vronsky visit Mihailov's studio
- 01Mihailov’s first reaction to the visitors
- 02Criticism of the Pilate painting
- 03Anna, Vronsky, and Golenishtchev’s remarks
- 01Mihailov’s fishing-boy painting
- 01Mihailov’s correction of the picture
- 02Vronsky buys the picture and commissions Anna’s portrait
- 03Mihailov’s coldness in Vronsky’s house
- 01Vronsky abandons painting and plans a return to Russia
- 02Levin’s first months of married life
- 01Levin’s renewed work on agriculture
- 02Kitty’s thoughts on jealousy and happiness
- 01Levin’s dissatisfaction with married idleness
- 02Kitty’s household authority and Marya Nikolaevna’s letter
- 03Quarrel over accompanying Levin to Nikolay
- 01Arrival at the provincial hotel
- 02Levin’s first sight of Nikolay’s illness
- 03Kitty’s visit to the sickroom
- 01Kitty takes charge of Nikolay Levin’s care
- 01Levin and Kitty care for Nikolay
- 02Levin's thoughts on death and faith
- 03Kitty's practical calm in the hotel room
- 01Kitty and Levin on Nikolay's illness
- 02Sacrament, false recovery, and the first death watch
- 03Agony, resentment, and longing for death
- 04Nikolay’s final suffering and death
- 01Levin’s response to death and Kitty’s pregnancy
- 02Alexey Alexandrovitch’s isolation after Anna’s departure
- 03Karenin’s orphaned upbringing and career
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch’s isolation and lack of friendships
- 02Countess Lidia Ivanovna’s visit and consolation
- 03Lidia Ivanovna takes charge of the household and Seryozha
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch’s delusion of salvation
- 02Countess Lidia Ivanovna’s devotion to Karenin
- 03Anna’s letter asking to see Seryozha
- 01Lidia Ivanovna’s unanswered letter to Karenin
- 02Karenin at the levee and his stalled career
- 03Karenin’s meeting with Countess Lidia Ivanovna
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch’s plan for his son’s education
- 02Anna’s request to see her son and Lidia Ivanovna’s refusal
- 03The letter to Anna and its effect
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch’s remorse and uneasy peace
- 02Seryozha, the hall-porter, and the birthday gift
- 03Seryozha’s lesson, orders, and disappointment with the tutor
- 01Seryozha’s longing for his mother
- 02Father’s lesson on duty and Scripture
- 03Failure to recite the patriarchs
- 01Seryozha’s inner life and birthday prayer
- 02Vronsky and Anna’s arrival in Petersburg
- 03Petersburg society’s refusal to accept Anna
- 04Vronsky’s break with his family circle
- 01Anna’s plan to see Seryozha
- 02Anna’s reunion with her son
- 01Anna’s reunion with Seryozha
- 02Servants’ alarm and the forced farewell
- 01Anna’s solitude and the baby
- 02Seryozha’s photographs and Vronsky’s absence
- 03Yashvin’s visit and Anna’s unease
- 01Anna’s plea to stay
- 02Vronsky’s alarm and Anna’s defiance
- 01Vronsky’s anger over Anna’s theater appearance
- 02Anna’s humiliation in the theater boxes
- 03Confrontation after the performance
- 04Anna’s accusation and reconciliation
- 01Summer gathering at Pokrovskoe
- 02Mushroom-picking excursion and Kitty’s suspicions
- 01Jam-making on the terrace and servants' gifts
- 02Kitty's hopes for Varenka and Sergey Ivanovitch
- 03Marriage memories and Kitty's past
- 04Levin joins the terrace and the outing plans
- 01Levin and Kitty's private walk
- 02Sergey Ivanovitch and Varenka
- 03Levin's self-doubt and duty
- 01Kitty and Levin’s playful exchange
- 02Sergey Ivanovitch’s growing attraction to Varenka
- 01Sergey Ivanovitch’s confession in the wood
- 02The failed proposal and return to the children
- 01Tea-time unease and household preparations
- 02Arrival of Stepan Arkadyevitch and Vassenka Veslovsky
- 01Levin’s growing jealousy at supper
- 02Levin and Kitty’s reconciliation
- 01Departure for the shooting party
- 02Levin and the carpenter over the staircase
- 01Veslovsky’s character and the drive to Gvozdyov
- 02Marsh shooting and the wagonette stuck in the mud
- 01Arrival at Gvozdyov marsh and shooting plan
- 02Snipe shooting and growing frustration
- 03Peasants’ invitation and continued misses
- 01Levin’s marsh shooting and game bag
- 02Evening at the peasant’s hut
- 03Argument over wealth, labor, and justice
- 04Veslovsky’s night excursion and Levin’s reflections
- 01Levin's dawn departure for the marsh
- 02Laska's scenting and pointing at grouse
- 03Levin's successful grouse shooting
- 01Levin’s successful hunt and return
- 02Kitty’s reassuring letter and domestic news
- 03Empty provisions and Levin’s hunger
- 01Veslovsky's return and Levin's unease
- 02Kitty's confinement preparations and Levin's jealousy
- 03Kitty confronts Levin in the garden
- 01Kitty and Levin’s reconciliation
- 02Dolly confirms Veslovsky’s attentions
- 03Levin orders Veslovsky to leave
- 04Oblonsky protests Levin’s jealousy
- 01Levin’s dismissal of Vassenka
- 02Darya Alexandrovna’s journey to Anna
- 03Darya Alexandrovna’s reflections on motherhood and suffering
- 01Darya Alexandrovna’s reflections on Anna and marriage
- 02Arrival at Vozdvizhenskoe and the peasants’ directions
- 03Anna’s riding party meets Dolly
- 01Anna and Dolly’s carriage reunion
- 02Vronsky’s estate and hospital
- 03Arrival at the house and guest room
- 01Dolly’s first impressions of Anna’s house
- 02Anna’s nursery and the baby
- 03Anna’s social circle and Petersburg difficulties
- 01Princess Varvara’s defense of Anna’s household
- 02Dolly’s arrival and the household’s social circle
- 03Walk through the garden and Vronsky’s improvements
- 01Approach to the hospital grounds
- 02Interior tour of the hospital
- 01Vronsky asks Dolly for help
- 02Divorce and legitimization of Anna's children
- 01Dinner service and seating
- 02Conversation with guests and household staff
- 03Public duties and political disagreement
- 01Lawn tennis and Dolly’s unease
- 02Anna and Dolly’s private conversation
- 01Anna's case for refusing more children
- 02Anna's plea for divorce and her children
- 03Dolly's departure and Anna's recovery
- 01Darya Alexandrovna’s impression of the Vronskys
- 02Anna and Vronsky’s country life and household pursuits
- 03Vronsky’s estate management and provincial elections
- 01Levin's move to Moscow and trip to Kashin
- 02Delays in the wardship and redemption-money business
- 03Sergey Ivanovitch's case for the elections
- 04Governor's opening speech and the nobles' procession
- 01Auditing the marshal’s accounts
- 02Election of the marshal of the province
- 01Dispute over Flerov’s voting right
- 02Snetkov’s emotional appeal and the marshal’s departure
- 03Election maneuvering and securing votes
- 01Noblemen awaiting the vote
- 02Levin's conversation with the landowner
- 01Landowner's defense of noble farming
- 02Levin's awkward exchange with Vronsky
- 03Balloting for marshal of the province
- 01Nevyedovsky’s election as marshal
- 02Vronsky’s election triumph and dinner celebration
- 01Vronsky receives Anna’s reproachful letter
- 02Anna’s anxiety during Vronsky’s absence
- 03Vronsky’s return and their strained reunion
- 04Demand for divorce and move to Moscow
- 01Kitty's calm anticipation of childbirth
- 02Levin's unease in Moscow life
- 03Kitty's composed meeting with Vronsky
- 01Levin and Kitty discuss the social call and household finances
- 01Levin's money worries and the bank balance
- 02Levin meets Katavasov and Metrov
- 03Debate over Russian labor and political economy
- 04University dispute and the jubilee meeting
- 01Levin declines Metrov’s invitation
- 02Lvov’s home life and education of children
- 03Natalia Alexandrovna interrupts and plans the day
- 01Lvov household and Oblonsky commission
- 02Levin at the concert: King Lear fantasia and Wagner debate
- 01Countess Bola’s drawing-room visit
- 02Public meeting and committee report
- 03Levin’s return to the club
- 01Levin arrives at the club dining-room
- 02Dinner conversation, stories, and Vronsky's arrival
- 01Tour of the club rooms
- 02Oblonsky introduces Levin to Vronsky
- 03Pyramids game at the billiard table
- 01Leaving the club and deciding to visit Anna
- 02Anna’s situation and household arrangements
- 03Arrival at Anna’s house and inquiry for Vorkuev
- 01Anna's portrait and first meeting
- 02Conversation on art, education, and writing
- 01Levin’s return home and reflections on Anna
- 02Kitty’s jealousy and reconciliation
- 01Anna's self-pity and resentment
- 02Vronsky's return and their quarrel
- 01Marital quarrel and reconciliation
- 02Kitty's labor begins
- 01Levin’s desperate search for the doctor and opium
- 02The doctor’s calm delay and Levin’s impatience
- 03Hours of labor and Levin’s spiritual ordeal
- 01Kitty's labor and Levin's terror
- 01Kitty’s recovery after childbirth
- 02Levin’s first sight of his son
- 03Levin’s return to Kitty and the baby
- 01Levin’s first sight of the baby
- 02Oblonsky’s financial troubles and Petersburg appointment
- 03Karenin and Oblonsky on salaries and reform
- 01Stepan Arkadyevitch’s uneasy visit to Volgarinov
- 02Stepan Arkadyevitch pleads for Anna’s divorce settlement
- 01Alexey Alexandrovitch’s refusal to discuss divorce
- 02Seryozha’s visit and estrangement from his mother
- 01Seryozha’s memory of his mother
- 02Stepan Arkadyevitch’s Petersburg refreshment
- 03Princess Betsy, Princess Myakaya, and Anna’s situation
- 01Landau’s reputation and influence
- 02Lidia Ivanovna’s religious conversation with Oblonsky
- 01Lidia Ivanovna's reading and Landau's trance
- 01Anna and Vronsky’s Moscow estrangement
- 01Anna's resolve to reconcile and leave for the country
- 02Jealous quarrel over the delayed departure
- 03Anna's thoughts of death and Vronsky's reassurance
- 01Anna and Vronsky prepare to depart
- 02The telegram about the divorce
- 03Argument over definiteness and freedom
- 04Yashvin interrupts the quarrel
- 01Vronsky’s coldness and Anna’s first despair
- 02Anna’s night of opium, terror, and renewed hope
- 03Morning misunderstanding and open rupture
- 01Anna’s desperate note and waiting
- 02The failed attempt to reach Vronsky
- 01Anna decides to visit Dolly
- 02The carriage ride to Znamenka
- 03Anna’s strained visit with Dolly and Kitty
- 01Anna's humiliation after seeing Kitty
- 02Telegram, resolve, and departure for the station
- 01Anna's realization about Vronsky and love's decline
- 01Anna's despair and decision at the station
- 02Train departure and Anna's reflections on human misery
- 01Anna's bitter reflections on escape and falsehood
- 02Anna's arrival at the station and Vronsky's note
- 03Anna's isolation on the platform
- 01Anna's leap beneath the train
- 01Sergey Ivanovitch’s failed book
- 02The Slavonic question and Servian War
- 01Public enthusiasm for the Slav cause
- 02Volunteers and departures at the Kursk station
- 03Vronsky’s departure and Oblonsky’s farewell
- 01Volunteers on the train
- 01Volunteer enthusiasm and guarded skepticism
- 02Countess Vronskaya on Vronsky’s tragedy and recovery
- 01Sergey Ivanovitch's encounter with Vronsky
- 01Levin’s grief at the station
- 02Sergey Ivanovitch and Katavasov arrive at Pokrovskoe
- 03Kitty’s hurried return to the nursery
- 01Kitty’s thoughts on Mitya and Levin’s unbelief
- 02Levin’s reflections on life, death, and new convictions
- 01Levin's terror at his lack of knowledge
- 01Levin’s divided spiritual state
- 02Philosophical reading and the failure of abstract systems
- 03Homiakov and the church as bearer of truth
- 01Levin’s despair and temptation toward suicide
- 02Return to country life and practical duties
- 03Principles for managing the estate and peasants
- 01Levin’s moral uncertainty and daily duty
- 02Busy season at Pokrovskoe
- 03Levin’s reflections in the threshing barn
- 01Peasant wisdom and the miracle of moral knowledge
- 02Levin’s reflection on faith, reason, and inherited beliefs
- 03Dolly and the children’s raspberry prank
- 01Faith, reason, and the childlike source of knowledge
- 01Levin’s awakening faith
- 02Return home and family reunion
- 03Conversation with Sergey Ivanovitch and Katavasov
- 01Levin among the beehives
- 02Debate over volunteers and the war with Turkey
- 01Debate over the people's will and the war
- 01Levin's refusal to continue the political argument
- 02The storm and the family’s hurried return home
- 03Levin’s search for Kitty and Mitya in the copse
- 01Levin’s relief after the storm
- 02Levin’s inward return to faith
- 03Mitya recognizes his family
- 01Kitty’s relief and Levin’s growing love for Mitya
- 02Levin’s meditation on faith and the church
- 01Levin’s reasoning about faith and religion
- 02Levin’s private acceptance of faith
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