Pre-Bolshevik Russian Lady of Leisure #1 (in French, of course):"Darling, you look absolutely ravishing. What are your plans for the day?" Lady #2: "Oh I don't know...Maybe after counting my tiaras, I'll recline on my mink couch, act dainty, and oppress the servants. When that grows tiresome, perhaps I'll read a long epic by that Tolstoy fellow to pass the time. Care to join me, dear?"

Lady #1: "But that's what we do every day."

Lady #2: "Of course it is! We're Pre-Bolshevik Russian Ladies of Leisure!"

This book is over 800 pages long. Perhaps if I had that much time on my hands, I would have enjoyed it more. But the fact is: I didn't. I read this book for pleasure, but after the first 400 pages, I felt I was drowning in superfluity. If it weren't for the richness in scenery, I would have thrown Karenina down in defeat.

Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is a respectable society women who leaves her bureaucrat husband and their only child to pursue a scandalous affa

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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy, is a saga of love, agony, and deceit. Yet, within the intricacy of these ideas lies an unmistakable, underlying theme of death. Death is influential and weighs upon the minds of many of the characters. The inextricable situations and conflicts that possess the characters of Anna Karenina are the components that highlight the central theme of death. Death is entirely imminent throughout the novel by several references; Anna, Vronsky, Nikolai, and Karenin refer to death as a respite, as a source of comfort, and as a solution.

ir with the much more exciting Count Vronsky, with whom she eventually has a child and travels across Europe in a sort of a scandalous exile.

Vronsky follows the path of Anna and Karenin to the alluring release that death provides, but simultaneously proves his cowardice. Vronsky's attempt at suicide is an act that is shameful and degrading to his character. Vronsky was not able to handle the torment of his life nor act any solutions to the awkward situation amongst Anna, Karenin, and himself, hence, he finds suicide as an easier route. Though he sees himself with much potential as a man of the military, he does not exhibit the bravery of such a man. He instructs his friend to

dying. Her trouble would come to an end with the end of her life. She sees herself as the source of unhappiness to Karenin, Vronsky, and herself, thus, death would be the easy solution. Death would be her mercy. As Karenin discovers his wife's grave

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)