Anna Karenina Biography

It is read in 15 minutes, the original is 29 hours from the film “Anna Karenina” in the Moscow House of Oblonsky, where “everything was mixed” at the end of the winter of G. The reason for the family discord was that Prince Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky was convicted by his wife in treason with the governess. The thirty -four -year -old Steve Oblonsky sincerely regrets Dolly's wife, but, being true, he does not assure himself as if he is repented by his deed.

The life -loving, kind and careless Steve has long been not in love with her wife, the mother of five living and two dead children, and has long been incorrect to her. Steve’s advertising is completely indifferent to the case that the boss is engaged in one of the Moscow presence, and this allows him to never get carried away, not make mistakes and fulfill his duties perfectly. Friendly, condescending to human shortcomings, a charming Steve uses the location of the people of his circle, subordinates, bosses and generally all with whom his life.

Debts and family turmoil upset him, but cannot spoil the mood so as to make him abandon lunch in a good restaurant. He has lunch with Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin, his same age and friend of youth from the village. Levin arrived in order to make an offer to the eighteen -year -old Princess Kiti Shcherbatskaya, the sister of Oblonsky, which he had been in love with.

Levin is sure that such, above all the earthly girl, like Kiti, cannot love him, an ordinary landowner, without special, as he believes, talents. In addition, Oblonsky informs him that he, apparently, had an opponent - a brilliant representative of the St. Petersburg Golden Youth, Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky. Kiti’s advertising knows about Levin’s love and feels easily and freely with him; With Vronsky, she experiences an incomprehensible awkwardness.

But it is difficult for her to understand her own feelings, she does not know who to give preference. Kiti does not suspect that Vronsky does not intend to marry her at all, and the dreams of a happy future forced her to refuse Levin. He immediately notices the special expressiveness of Anna’s entire appearance: “As if an excess was so overwhelmed by her creature that he was expressed past her will in the brilliance of her gaze or in a smile.” The meeting is overshadowed by a sad circumstance: the death of the station watchman under the wheels of the train, which Anna considers a bad omen.

Anna manages to persuade Dolly to forgive her husband; A fragile world is established in the Oblon house, and Anna goes to the ball with Oblonsky and Shcherbatsky. At the ball, Kiti admires the naturalness and grace of Anna, admires the special, poetic inner world, which is in every movement of her. Kiti is waiting for a lot from this ball: she is sure that during the Mazurka Vronsky will explain to her.

Suddenly, she notices how Vronsky talks with Anna: in each of their eyes, an irresistible craving for each other is felt, each word decides their fate. Kiti leaves in despair. Anna Karenina returns home to Petersburg; Vronsky follows her. Advertising himself one blame for the match of matchmaking, Levin returns to the village. Before leaving, he meets with his older brother Nikolai, living in cheap rooms with a woman who he took from a brothel.

Levin loves his brother, despite his uncontrollable character, causing many troubles to himself and others. Heavily ill, lonely, drinking, Nikolai Levin is passionate about the communist idea and the organization of some kind of locksmith artel; This saves him from contempt for himself. A date with his brother exacerbates the shame and discontent with himself, which Konstantin Dmitrievich is experiencing after the matchmaking.

He calms down only in his family estate Pokrovsky, deciding to work even more and not allow himself luxury - which, however, had not had been in his life before. The usual St. Petersburg life, to which Anna returns, causes her disappointment. She was never in love with her husband, who was much older than her, and only respected him. Now his society is becoming painful for her, she notices his slightest shortcomings: too big ears, the habit of cracking her fingers.

Love for the eight -year -old son of Seryozha does not save her. Anna tries to regain his spiritual balance, but she does not succeed in - mainly because Alexei Vronsky in every possible way achieves her location. Vronsky is in love with Anna, and his love is intensified because an affair with a lady of the Great Light makes his position even more brilliant.

Despite the fact that all his inner life is filled with passion for Anna, Outwardly Vronsky leads the usual, funny and pleasant life of the guards officer: with an opera, French theater, balls, races and other pleasures. But their relationship with Anna is too different in the eyes of others from the unreleal secular flirting; Strong passion causes universal condemnation.

Alexey Alexandrovich Karenin notices the attitude of Light to his wife’s novel with Count Vronsky and expresses his discontent to Anna.Being a high -ranking official, “Alexei Alexandrovich lived his whole life and worked in the areas of service, dealing with reflection of life. And every time he encountered his own life, he was pulled away from her. ” Now he feels in the position of a person standing above the abyss.

Advertising Karenin’s attempts to stop his wife’s irresistible desire for Vronsky, attempts by Anna herself to restrain herself are unsuccessful. A year after the first meeting, she becomes Vronsky’s mistress - realizing that they are now connected forever as criminals. Vronsky is burdened by the uncertainty of relations, persuades Anna to leave her husband and combine her life with him.

But Anna cannot decide to break with Karenin, and even the fact that she expects a child from Vronsky does not give her determination. During the races, on which the entire highlight is present, Vronsky falls from his horse Fru-Fruis. Not knowing how serious the fall is, Anna is so undiscovered by her despair that Karenin is forced to immediately take her away. She announces her husband of her infidelity, of aversion to him.

This news makes Alexei Alexandrovich the impression of a pulled out sore tooth: he finally gets rid of the suffering of jealousy and leaves for Petersburg, leaving his wife in the country in anticipation of his decision. But, having moved all possible options for the future - a duel with Vronsky, a divorce - Karenin decides to leave everything unchanged, punishing and humiliating Anna with a demand to observe the false visibility of family life under the threat of separation from her son.

Having made this decision, Alexei Alexandrovich gains calm enough in order to surrender to his inherent stubborn ambition about the affairs of the service. The decision of her husband causes Anna's explosion of hatred for him. She considers him a soulless machine, not thinking that she has a soul and a need for love. Anna understands that he is driven into a corner, because he is not able to exchange her current position for the position of a mistress who abandoned her husband and son and deserving universal contempt.

Advertising persisting the uncertainty of relations is painful for Vronsky, deep down in love with order and having an unshakable set of rules of behavior. For the first time in his life, he does not know how to behave further, how to bring his love for Anna in agreement with everyday rules. In case of connection with her, he will be forced to resign, and this is also not easy for him: Vronsky loves the regimental life, enjoys the respect of his comrades; In addition, he is ambitious.

The life of three people is entangled in a web of lies. Pity for her husband alternates with Anna with disgust; She cannot help but meet Vronsky, as required by Alexei Alexandrovich. Finally, childbirth occurs, during which Anna almost dies. Lying in a maternityaric fever, she asks for forgiveness to Alexei Alexandrovich, and at her bed he feels a pity for his wife, a touched compassion and spiritual joy.

Vronsky, whom Anna rejects in unconsciousness, is experiencing burning shame and humiliation. He is trying to shoot himself, but they save him. Anna does not die and, when the mental softening passes, caused by the proximity of death, again begins to be burdened by her husband. Neither his decency and generosity, nor touching concern for the newborn girl relieve her of irritation; She hates Karenin even for his virtues.

A month after recovery, Anna leaves for the resignation of Vronsky and her daughter. Advertising lives in the village, Levin is engaged in estate, reads, writes a book about agriculture and undertakes various economic alternations that do not find approval with men. The village for Levin is "a place of life, that is, joys, suffering, labor." The men respect him, for forty virts they go to consult him - and they strive to deceive him for his own benefit.

In relation to Levin, there is no deliberation to the people: he considers himself part of the people, all his interests are connected with the peasants. He admires the strength, meekness, justice of the peasants and is annoyed from their carelessness, sloppiness, drunkenness, lies. In disputes with the uninotricated brother Sergei Ivanovich Koznyshev, Levin proves that zemstvo activity does not bring benefits to the peasants, because it is not based on knowledge of their true needs, nor on the personal interest of the landowners.

Levin feels his merger with nature; He even hears the growth of spring grass. In the summer, he mows with the men, feeling the joy of simple work. Despite all this, he considers his life idle and dreams of changing her to labor, clean and common life. In his soul, elusive changes are constantly performed, and Levin listens to them. At one time, it seems to him that he gained calmness and forgot his dreams of family happiness.

But this illusion crumbles to dust when he learns about Kiti's serious illness, and then sees her herself, going to his sister in the village. The feeling that seemed to the dead again masters his heart, and only in love does he see the opportunity to solve the great riddle of life. In a state of higher mental upsurge, he makes Kiti a proposal and receives consent.Immediately after the wedding, the young people leave for the village.

Vronsky and Anna travel to Italy. At first, Anna feels the happiness and full of joy of life. Even the consciousness that she is separated from her son has lost her honest name and caused her husband’s misfortune, does not overshadow her happiness. Vronsky is lovingly, permanent with her, he does everything so that she is not burdened by her position. But he himself, despite his love for Anna, experiences longing and grabs everything that can give his life significance.

He begins to engage in painting, but, having enough taste, he knows his mediocrity and is soon disappointed in this lesson. Upon returning to St. Petersburg, Anna clearly feels her rejection: they do not want to accept her, acquaintances avoid meetings with her. Insults of the light poison the life of Vronsky, but, busy with her experiences, Anna does not want to notice this.

On Seryozha’s birthday, she secretly goes to him and, having finally seeing her son, feeling his love for herself, realizes that she cannot be happy to be separated from him. In desperation, in irritation, she reproaches Vronsky for defeating her; He should calm her down a lot of effort, after which they leave for the village. Advertising at first marital life is difficult for Kiti and Levin: they hardly get used to each other, charm are replaced by disappointments, quarrels - reconciliations.

Family life seems to Levin with a boat: it’s nice to look at sliding on the water, but it is very difficult to rule. Suddenly, Levin receives the news that Brother Nikolai was on death in the provincial city. He is immediately going to him; Despite his protests, Kiti decides to go with him. Seeing his brother, having experienced a painful pity for him, Levin still cannot get rid of fear and nastiness, which causes him the proximity of death.

He is shocked that Kiti is not at all afraid of the dying man and knows how to behave with him. Levin feels that only his wife’s love saves these days from horror and himself. During pregnancy, Kiti, about whom Levin learns on the day of his brother’s death, the family continues to live in Pokrovsky, where relatives and friends gather in the summer.

Levin values ​​the spiritual proximity, established with his wife, and is tormented by jealousy, afraid to lose this proximity.