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Anna Karenina | Study Guide

Leo Tolstoy

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Contents

Overview
Infographic
Context
Characters
Plot Summary
Chapter Summaries
- Part 1
- - - Chapters 1–5
  - - Chapters 6–10
  - - Chapters 11–15
  - - Chapters 16–20
  - - Chapters 21–25
  - - Chapters 26–30
  - - Chapters 31–34
- Part 2
- - - Chapters 1–5
  - - Chapters 6–10
  - - Chapters 11–15
  - - Chapters 16–20
  - - Chapters 21–25
  - - Chapters 26–29
  - - Chapters 30–35
- Part 3
- - - Chapters 1–5
  - - Chapters 6–10
  - - Chapters 11–15
  - - Chapters 16–20
  - - Chapters 21–23
  - - Chapters 24–32
- Part 4
- - - Chapters 1–5
  - - Chapters 6–10
  - - Chapters 11–15
  - - Chapters 16–20
  - - Chapters 21–23
- Part 5
- - - Chapters 1–6
  - - Chapters 7–10
  - - Chapters 11–15
  - - Chapters 16–20
  - - Chapters 21–27
  - - Chapters 28–33
- Part 6
- - - Chapters 1–5
  - - Chapters 6–10
  - - Chapters 11–15
  - - Chapters 16–20
  - - Chapters 21–26
  - - Chapters 27–32
- Part 7
- - - Chapters 1–5
  - - Chapters 6–10
  - - Chapters 11–15
  - - Chapters 16–20
  - - Chapters 21–25
  - - Chapters 26–31
- Part 8
- - - Chapters 1–5
  - - Chapters 6–10
  - - Chapters 11–15
  - - Chapters 16–19
Quotes
Symbols
Themes
A Problem with Time in Anna Karenina
Author Biography
Discussion Questions
Things You Didn't Know
Suggested Reading

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Overview

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Years Published

1875–77

Type

Novel

Genre

Tragedy

Perspective and Narrator

Anna Karenina uses third-person omniscient narration. The action moves back and forth in time as two major plot threads entwine: the story of Anna and Vronsky and the story of Kitty and Levin.

Tense

Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is written in the past tense.

About the Title

Anna Karenina is named for its tragic main character.

Diagrams

Character Map

Timeline

Plot Diagram

Summary

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Characters

Anna Levin Karenin Vronsky Kitty Stiva Dolly

Symbols

Trains Frou-Frou Farming Dwarfish, Disheveled Muzhik

Themes

Jealousy Family Loyalty Passion Social Roles

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