Anna Karenina Part 3 Chapter 17

In which Anna, entering a croquet party hosted by Princess Tverskaya, finds herself amidst a society both foreign and subtly hostile to her own, while wrestling with the hope of encountering Vronsky and the delicate artifice of social concealments. Over tea with Betsy, they exchange candid observations on their acquaintances and the peculiarities of society’s entertainments, revealing the complexities hidden beneath polite conversation.