It has more pontification by Tolstoy and a lot more characters, side stories, diversions, digressions, etc. Anna Karenina has, essentially, three story lines. The one that gets the most attention is actually that of Konstantin Levin, the character that most agree is autobiographical - he is very, very close to Tolstoy in many ways. Then there is Stepan (Stiva) Oblonsky and his wife Daria (Dolly), which is a minor thread but important because Stiva is Anna Karenina's brother and Dolly becomes Levin's sister-in-law. The third story line is Anna's story line.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Lev Tolstoy
- 26/10/2011 03:21:35 PM
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i've read a (tiny) bit of russian literature, but war and peace was a struggle
- 28/10/2011 09:56:17 PM
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War and Peace is a different animal.
- 29/10/2011 05:11:02 AM
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I loved this. I didn't expect to, but it is beautifully written.
- 30/10/2011 10:32:09 AM
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I think this was the first Tolstoy I read.
- 31/10/2011 09:51:18 AM
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So do you think Tolstoy is comparing male infidelity and female infidelity?
- 31/10/2011 01:03:41 PM
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That was how I read it
- 31/10/2011 01:21:25 PM
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I think Vronsky was sincere, but because he was unmarried it was different.
- 31/10/2011 02:27:45 PM
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