![]() ![]() Instead of entering her psychological space we often see her through the eyes of others Vronsky’s first impression is particularly striking: ![]() She does not make her entrance until 18 chapters in, and not only that, the novel seems to avoid her subjective position for a great part in the novel, especially in the beginning. What first interested me is how distanced we are from her in the beginning. She might just be the most compelling literary character I’ve encountered, and I’m eager to figure out why. I’ll definitely be revisiting this one.īut one particular aspect that made an impression on me that I’d like to discuss is the title character herself. Anna fascinated me. There is so much rich observation on such a number of subjects that I don’t think it can be absorbed with the one reading. So many times I felt that I, a nineteen year-old from the twenty first century could relate to the motivations of all these nineteenth century characters living in a completely different social context whether it be Anna, Levin, Kitty or even Karenin. ![]() ![]() The guy seems to have such a thorough comprehension of human thoughts and emotions. I now must agree with the people that keep reiterating Tolstoy was a genius. I wouldn’t know where to begin evaluating (or even should be evaluating) this. ![]()
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