Subject for August, 2016

PART TWO : Chapter 15

Subject: Anna Karenina

The place fixed on for the stand-shooting was not far above a stream in a little aspen copse.  On reaching the copse, Levin got out of the trap and led Oblonsky to a corne...

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PART TWO : Chapter 14

Subject: Anna Karenina

As he rode up to the house in the happiest frame of mind, Levin heard the bell ring at the side of the principal entrance of the house. “Yes, that’s someone from the...

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PART TWO : Chapter 13

Subject: Anna Karenina

Levin put on his big boots, and, for the first time, a cloth jacket, instead of his fur cloak, and went out to look after his farm, stepping over streams of water that flashed i...

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PART TWO : Chapter 12

Subject: Anna Karenina

In the early days after his return from Moscow, whenever Levin shuddered and grew red, remembering the disgrace of his rejection, he said to himself:  “This was just...

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PART TWO : Chapter 11

Subject: Anna Karenina

That which for Vronsky had been almost a whole year the one absorbing desire of his life, replacing all his old desires; that which for Anna had been an impossible, terrible, an...

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PART TWO : Chapter 10

Subject: Anna Karenina

From that time a new life began for Alexey Alexandrovitch and for his wife.  Nothing special happened.  Anna went out into society, as she had always done, was parti...

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PART TWO : Chapter 9

Subject: Anna Karenina

Anna came in with hanging head, playing with the tassels of her hood.  Her face was brilliant and glowing; but this glow was not one of brightness; it suggested the fearfu...

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PART TWO : Chapter 8

Subject: Anna Karenina

Alexey Alexandrovitch had seen nothing striking or improper in the fact that his wife was sitting with Vronsky at a table apart, in eager conversation with him about something.&...

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PART TWO : Chapter 7

Subject: Anna Karenina

Steps were heard at the door, and Princess Betsy, knowing it was Madame Karenina, glanced at Vronsky.  He was looking towards the door, and his face wore a strange new exp...

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PART TWO : Chapter 6

Subject: Anna Karenina

Princess Betsy drove home from the theater, without waiting for the end of the last act.  She had only just time to go into her dressing room, sprinkle her long, pale face...

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