Anna Karenina (volume 2) (translated Classics Collection)
About This Novel
The story takes place in St. Petersburg in the 19th century. The heroine Anna meets the young officer Vronsky during a trip and falls in love. After her husband Karenin discovers the matter, Anna's request for divorce is rejected and she is threatened that she will never see her beloved son again. Anna then eloped with Vronsky and lived a short and happy life, but the indifference and boredom after passion caused the final blow to her unfortunate fate. Anna missed her beloved son day by day. She was unable to resist the hypocritical and cold moral pressure of the upper class society, and could not completely break away from the aristocratic society. Finally, she committed suicide on the train in the midst of contradiction and despair. Levin and Kitty became a loving couple based on love, but not everything goes as planned in married life. Levin was saddened by the decline of the landlord economy, and tried to resist the development of capitalism, hoping to ease class conflicts through the cooperation between landlords and farmers. After his dreams were shattered, he became pessimistic and disappointed, and finally found his spiritual destination by converting to religion.
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