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Anna Karenina, Part 4 Chapters 6-10 Haikus

Laurel Osterkamp · March 25, 2023

Get ready! It’s time to pour the vodka, talk politics, and compare your bear-hunting stories. That’s right! Stiva and Dolly (definitely the two most fun characters) are having a dinner party. The only problem? Levin and Alexey (definitely the two least fun characters) are both invited. But Levin has some moments of levity, and Stiva out does himself being everyone’s favorite guy. Plus, Levin and Kitty are reunited. Could love be in the air? Stay tuned!

6. Alexey has an awkward encounter with his in-laws

Crap. They waved me down.

Stiva and Dolly don’t know

Their sister’s a whore.

7. Stiva visits Levin, who’s a big ol’ barrel of laughs

Death. Farming. Let’s talk 

Of something else. My ballerina

mistress has a friend.

8. Stiva gets Alexey to accept his dinner invitation

You can’t refuse me.

No one can. I’m popular.

See you at seven.

9. Shockingly, Levin is the life of the party (and Kitty’s there)

I could sob with rapture

Telling Kitty, “You’ve not seen 

me, but I’ve seen you.”

10. The men at Stiva’s party debate women’s rights

Duties aren’t rights

Women are confused.

Stick to breastfeeding.

 

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