Anna Karenina Part 8 Chapter 1

In which Sergey Ivanovitch, having devoted six years to a scholarly book that meets with indifferent and critical reception, finds his intellectual energies redirected towards the fervent public cause of the Slavonic peoples amid the heated social climate of the Servian War. Immersed in this new devotion, he prepares to retreat from the city to the countryside, seeking both rest and a closer connection to the stirring spirit of the people.