Anna Karenina Part 7 Chapter 19

In which a visit from Stepan Arkadyevitch to his nephew, Sergey Alexyevitch, reveals the boy’s struggle to reconcile the shadows of his family’s discord and the stern expectations of manhood, all set against the quotidian backdrop of school life and childish games. The gentle dialogue and subtle observations uncover the silent burdens borne by a young soul who seeks to forget yet cannot fully escape the memory of a mother.