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Anna refuses Karenin's offer of a divorce and leaves for Europe with Vronsky.
Part 4, Chapter 23| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Part 1, Chapters 1–5 | The story, told through omniscient, third-person narration, begins in Moscow, with a crisis in the home of Stiva and his... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 6–10 | Thirty-two-year-old Levin arrives in Moscow in Chapter 6 to propose marriage to Kitty, Stiva's sister-in-law. Levin has ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 11–15 | During dinner in Chapter 11, Stiva tells Levin about Count Alexei Vronsky, a rich and handsome officer from Petersburg w... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 16–20 | The narrator provides some background on Vronsky in Chapter 16. His mother has been "a brilliant society woman" who, in ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 21–25 | In Chapter 21, Anna realizes that Dolly and Stiva have reconciled because of Dolly's mocking banter and Stiva's slightly... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 26–30 | In Chapter 26, Levin returns home from Moscow, determined not to "hope any more for the extraordinary happiness that mar... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 31–34 | In Chapter 31, Vronsky feels proud that he has made an impression on Anna. When he sees her interact with her husband at... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 1–5 | In Chapter 1, Kitty is in poor health after Vronsky disappears, and the physicians who are called recommend a change in ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 6–10 | Chapter 6 describes Princess Betsy's salon, where she presides over a samovar (tea urn) on one side and the ambassador's... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 11–15 | In Chapter 11, the narrator abruptly says that after almost a year of pursuit, Vronsky finally satisfies his desire. Ann... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 16–20 | In Chapter 16, Levin is happy to hear that Kitty did not end up with Vronsky, although he tries to hide his pleasure fro... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 21–25 | In Chapter 21, Vronsky goes to visit his beloved horse, Frou-Frou, and the trainer reminds him to stay calm and not do a... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 26–29 | The reader learns in Chapter 26 that Anna has chosen to stay at Karenin's country house for the summer, because it is cl... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 30–35 | Chapter 30 moves back in time to the spring of Kitty's heartbreak, when she goes to a German spa with her parents to imp... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 1–5 | In Chapter 1, Levin's elder half-brother, Koznyshev, visits him in the country, and although Levin is happy to see him, ... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 6–10 | In Chapter 6, Levin finishes mowing a large meadow with the peasants and arrives home long after dinner. He finds a lett... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 11–15 | In Chapter 11 it is July, and Levin goes to his sister's village to check on the haying where he finds he has to negotia... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 16–20 | Anna is furious upon receiving Karenin's bureaucratic response to their situation in Chapter 16. She mentally accuses hi... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 21–23 | Vronsky's friend from the military academy, Serpukhovskoy, arrives in Chapter 21, and the regimental commander throws a ... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 24–32 | Chapter 24 moves back to Levin, who is feeling disillusioned about farming, which seems to be a continual struggle betwe... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 1–5 | By midwinter following the summer of the horse race, Anna, Karenin, and Vronsky have settled into an odd truce, as expla... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 6–10 | In Chapter 6, Karenin travels to the provinces on business, and when he stops in Moscow to see the governor general, he ... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 11–15 | Kitty and Levin begin conversing apart from the general conversation in Chapter 11, and he tells her how he saw her in h... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 16–20 | In Chapter 16, Kitty tells Levin she always loved him, although she had been infatuated, and asks if he can really forgi... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 21–23 | In Chapter 21 Betsy meets Stiva on her way out after visiting Anna, who tells him Karenin is killing Anna. She says "he ... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 1–6 | In Chapter 1, Levin's and Kitty's families help them prepare for the wedding, and Levin, in a state of perpetual happine... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 7–10 | The reader learns in Chapter 7 that Vronsky and Anna have been traveling in Italy for three months and have settled in a... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 11–15 | In Chapter 11, Mikhailov feels excited to show the visitors his work, especially a new religious painting of Jesus befor... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 16–20 | In Chapter 16, Levin's old housekeeper, Agafya Mikhailovna, is getting used to the new regime under Kitty. Levin gets a ... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 21–27 | In Chapter 21, Karenin is a broken man. He cannot reconcile his tender treatment of his sick wife and Vronsky's child wi... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 28–33 | In Chapter 28, Anna and Vronsky settle in a hotel in Petersburg, and Vronsky's brother comes to see Anna. To Vronsky's d... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapters 1–5 | The next chapters return to Kitty and Levin in the country. The reader learns in Chapter 1 that Dolly and her children a... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapters 6–10 | Both Varenka and Koznyshev feel let down that no proposal came about, and the rest of the company tries to cover it up i... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapters 11–15 | In Chapter 11, the hunters stay in the hay barn of a muzhik (peasant) who always feeds Levin and puts him up when he goe... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapters 16–20 | In Chapter 16, Dolly goes to see Anna, and on the carriage ride thinks about marriage and children. The young peasant at... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapters 21–26 | In Chapter 21, Vronsky makes an opportunity to speak to Dolly privately: he is worried about the future. His daughter do... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapters 27–32 | Provincial elections are held the next day, in Chapter 27. The progressives (which include Sviyazhsky, Stiva, Koznyshev,... Read More |
| Part 7, Chapters 1–5 | In Chapter 1, Levin and Kitty are in the third month of their Moscow residency, and she appears to be past her term. Eve... Read More |
| Part 7, Chapters 6–10 | In Chapter 6, Levin reluctantly leaves Natalie to visit the Bohls. He stays only long enough to fulfill the requirements... Read More |
| Part 7, Chapters 11–15 | In Chapter 11, Levin declares Anna "an extraordinary woman ... not just her intelligence, but her heart." When he gets h... Read More |
| Part 7, Chapters 16–20 | In Chapter 16, Levin is in a state of awe following the birth of his son. When he sees tiny Dmitri, he is surprised to f... Read More |
| Part 7, Chapters 21–25 | In Chapter 21, Stiva accepts Karenin's invitation to Countess Lydia's that same evening. When he gets there, he finds Ka... Read More |
| Part 7, Chapters 26–31 | After Vronsky leaves in Chapter 26, Anna convinces herself he hates her and loves another woman. Vronsky is gone the who... Read More |
| Part 8, Chapters 1–5 | In Chapter 1, it is the summer of 1876. Koznyshev gets involved with the Slavophiles' defense of the Christian Serbians ... Read More |
| Part 8, Chapters 6–10 | Koznyshev and Katavasov are greeted by Kitty upon their arrival in Chapter 6. She asks Dolly to entertain them until Lev... Read More |
| Part 8, Chapters 11–15 | In Chapter 11, the company arrives at Levin and Kitty's house at the most inopportune time, during the mowing and reapin... Read More |
| Part 8, Chapters 16–19 | In Chapter 16, Koznyshev asserts that the "intelligentsia" of the world are now all of the same mind. The prince strongl... Read More |
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