Subject for August, 2016

PART THREE : Chapter 20

Subject: Anna Karenina

Vronsky’s life was particularly happy in that he had a code of principles, which defined with unfailing certitude what he ought and what he ought not to do.  This co...

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PART THREE : Chapter 19

Subject: Anna Karenina

In spite of Vronsky’s apparently frivolous life in society, he was a man who hated irregularity.  In early youth in the Corps of Pages, he had experienced the humili...

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PART THREE : Chapter 18

Subject: Anna Karenina

They heard the sound of steps and a man’s voice, then a woman’s voice and laughter, and immediately thereafter there walked in the expected guests:  Sappho Shto...

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PART THREE : Chapter 17

Subject: Anna Karenina

The croquet party to which the Princess Tverskaya had invited Anna was to consist of two ladies and their adorers.  These two ladies were the chief representatives of a se...

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PART THREE : Chapter 16

Subject: Anna Karenina

All the rooms of the summer villa were full of porters, gardeners, and footmen going to and fro carrying out things.  Cupboards and chests were open; twice they had sent to...

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PART THREE : Chapter 15

Subject: Anna Karenina

Though Anna had obstinately and with exasperation contradicted Vronsky when he told her their position was impossible, at the bottom of her heart she regarded her own position a...

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PART THREE : Chapter 14

Subject: Anna Karenina

As he neared Petersburg, Alexey Alexandrovitch not only adhered entirely to his decision, but was even composing in his head the letter he would write to his wife.  Going ...

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PART THREE : Chapter 13

Subject: Anna Karenina

None but those who were most intimate with Alexey Alexandrovitch knew that, while on the surface the coldest and most reasonable of men, he had one weakness quite opposed to the...

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PART THREE : Chapter 12

Subject: Anna Karenina

The load was tied on.  Ivan jumped down and took the quiet, sleek horse by the bridle.  The young wife flung the rake up on the load, and with a bold step, swinging ...

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PART THREE : Chapter 11

Subject: Anna Karenina

In the middle of July the elder of the village on Levin’s sister’s estate, about fifteen miles from Pokrovskoe, came to Levin to report on how things were going ther...

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