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APPENDIX A THE SUMMARY OF ANNA KARENIN
Anna Karenina, considered by many critics to be Tolstoys finest achievement, is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. Tolstoy imbues the simple
tale of a love affair with rich portraits of Russian high society, politics, and religion. As the book opens, Prince Stephen Oblonsky, known as Stiva, is arguing with his
wife, Dolly: he has had an affair with their childrens governess, and she is threatening to leave him. He is happy that his sister, Anna Karenina, will be coming
the next day to visit and smooth things over between himself and Dolly. Anna is married to a distinguished official in St. Petersburg, and moves in the highest circles
of Russian Society with the reputation of a charming woman. That same day, Oblonsky runs into his friend Constantine Levin, who has just arrived
from his country estate. Levin is in town to see Oblonskys sister-in-law, Kitty
Shcherbatskaya, for Levin is rather smitten with the eighteen-year-old girl. Oblonsky suggests a meeting with Levin later that evening at the park where Kitty ice-skates.
Levin goes to the park. He skates with Kitty and flirts with her boldly, but she sends him mixed signals. At dinner with Oblonsky that night, Levin learns that he has a
rival for Kittys affections: Count Alexis Kirilovich Vronsky. And indeed, when Levin proposes to Kitty, but she rejects him in the hopes that Vronsky will make his
proposal soon. When Oblonsky goes to the railway station to meet Anna the next morning, he runs
into Vronsky, who is waiting for his mother to get off the same train. It turns out that Anna and Vronskys mother were seatmates in the same compartment, and his mother
is quite taken with Anna. So is Vronsky, at once, charmed by Annas spirit and vitality. Before they leave the station, a railroad guard is run over and killed by a
passing train. At the urgings of Anna, Vronsky leaves 200 roubles for the guards widow.
Anna ably convinces Dolly not to leave Oblonsky. At a ball the next night, Kitty notices that Vronsky is distracted and inattentive to her. The source of this inattention
becomes clear when she watched Vronsky waltz with Anna. The two of them are completely smitten, and Kittys heart is shattered. She realizes that her hopes are shot;
Vronsky never wanted to marry her. Levin goes to see his elder brother Nicholas, who is sickly and lives in depraved
conditions. Disgusted with the entire trip, Levin leaves Moscow. Anna leaves the same day as Levin, on the train for St. Petersburg. During a brief stop, Vronsky
emerges on the platform and tells her that he is in love with her and will follow her to St. Petersburg. Anna claims that this is impossible and tries to resume her life, but she
is constantly displeased with everything.
