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Anna Karenina: The death of Nikolai Dmitrich

March 27, 2013

I’ve just left behind the chapters about the final illness and death of Nikolai Dmitrich, Levin’s wild, willful, radical half-brother. …

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Anna Karenina: Passages

March 13, 2013

I highlight a striking passage in Anna Karenina, but put off posting it—then find another great passage, and so on. …

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Anna Karenina: deceit and denial

February 2, 2013

Anna and Vronsky have an intense relationship that feels—at least to them—markedly different from the casually clandestine affairs that others …

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Re-reading Anna Karenina

February 2, 2013

I’m re-reading Anna Karenina, which I first read (and loved) as an undergraduate English major many years ago. My husband …

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