
Anna Karenina Haikus
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I'm reading Anna Karenina so you don't have to. Here you'll find my recaps, analysis (with a touch of humor) and some pivotal scenes rewritten with a modern tone and first person POV.
Anna Karenina Part 4, chapters 1-4 Haikus
Anna Karenina Haikus, part 3, chapters 21-32
The last third of part three is mostly about whether Levin can outdo himself with gloominess and being self-involved.
Spoiler Alert: He can!
Even when he realizes that his brother is dying, Levin is more worried about his existential reckoning with mortality than with his brother's life. There are a couple of dramatic chapters about Anna and the fate of her marriage, but there's more about Levin and his ideas on farming. So, I did us all a favor and condensed those …Anna Karenina Haikus: Part 3, ch 16-20
I guess these chapters focus on the hypocrisy of the rich. That's what I get from it; also, they're superficial. But does that mean that Anna and Vronsky's love is also superficial? The jury is still out. Anna struggles to answer Alexey’s letter I tried to love him But he’s split my soul in two Misery’s my mate. Anna “escapes” to Betsy’s croquet party Where’s Vronsky? My needs Include seeing him. Yet he’s Somewhere without me. …