Anna Karenina Part 1 Chapter 5

from The Tolstoy Library · host Leo Tolstoy

In which the amiable and well-connected Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky presides over a government board in Moscow, revealing both the privileges and the indifference entailed in his official duties, as he encounters old friends amidst the humdrum of bureaucratic life. The arrival of his old companion Levin, marked by contrasting temperaments and unspoken tensions, promises a meeting of minds and hearts paused in the midst of their differing worlds.

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