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In Part 2 of Anna Karenina, the consequences of Anna’s affair with Vronsky deepen as societal pressures mount. Her marriage to Karenin becomes increasingly strained, while her passion for Vronsky brings both exhilaration and guilt. Meanwhile, Levin grapples with existential questions and finds solace in rural life and his renewed pursuit of Kitty. As summer progresses, the characters’ personal struggles intertwine with broader social dynamics. Themes of love, sacrifice, and the clash between individual desires and societal expectations come to the fore, setting the stage for further turmoil and transformation.
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Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was born about two hundred miles from Moscow. His mother died when he was two, his father when he was nine. His parents were of noble birth, and Tolstoy remained acutely aware of his aristocratic roots, even when he later embraced doctrines of equality and the brotherhood of man. After serving in the army in the Caucasus and Crimea, where he wrote his first stories, he traveled and studied educational theories. In 1862 he married Sophia Behrs and for the next fifteen years lived a tranquil, productive life, finishing War and Peace in 1869 and Anna Karenina in 1877. In 1879 he underwent a spiritual crisis; he sought to propagate his beliefs on faith, morality, and nonviolence, writing mostly parables, tracts, and morality plays. Tolstoy died of pneumonia in 1910 at the age of eighty-two.