Show A ND anna had ahna friendly A relations with tit society which with one hand toys lays fast hold on the court test est it fall absolutely into the file demimonde demi deml monde which its members affect to dus plse illse but whose tastes are precisely similar anna were of t this his circle in st petersburg society practically forced into a loveless marriage V with aleksei harelin Kore Ha twenty years her senior llor anna had been a faithful wife for eight years held a high official position and everything in his life was subordinated to his career lie ile was it a tireless worker a nd and such social hours as he enjoyed were spent in circles test best suited to his advancement but his charming and adaptable wife made friends in all quarters while a man of admirable character had an utterly unlovable personality lie ile was very alm cool absolutely just but love v warm arm human love was a stranger in his household all the affect affection loa of anna ann a Kar eninas heart was lavished on her seven year old son who adored his mother into this setting so cunningly fashioned for it stepped trouble in the most attractive person of aleksej in the city of moscow lived annas brother stepan shy stepan lovable and popular had a wife children a salaried official position and some money but being always tn in debt this fact act and his little aff alres du conuel coeur kept wm him just sufficiently worried to enable him to really enjoy life while on a visit to moscow anna Kar karenita Karen enina lna met liy count was rich handsome loved hla his regiment and his horses homes and was voted toted a capital good fellow he had appeared in moscow that winter and had been attracted slightly to sister ln in law kitty kitty was waa it a pretty prett yand and popular debutante daughter c prince batsky of the old nobility among many admirers she he was sure of two serious ft one was Vr onsley the other levin konstantin Konstant ln levin was also of the old od muscovite nobility and had known kitty all her life liati As his bis mother had died in his babyhood the family life of the had appealed to him strongly ile he was wag now thirty two and although feeling unworthy nt n kitty was determined to offer himself to her he was really a splendid match ile he had bad a magnificent country estate of one hundred acres plenty of avney and his share of masculine attractions tr ile he was a thinker always immersed in the deepest problems concerning the world everything in it on it and beyond bej ond it lie lind had been brought up op in the orthodox faith but since attaining manhood had been assailed with all kinds of doubts until now he was practically tin an unbeliever ve lie could not believe belleve he was also equally unable to disbelieve after completing ing his university course he spent most of his time on his great estate vir wrestling estlIng with alth his problems of agriculture and peasant labor ile he came into moscow on occasions and dipped into tb its iclal life tut kut hla his own life was so clean and sample that be had JIM little e P patience with the dissipations of oc wo his town friends kittys kitrys parents hildmann had hild many squirrels over her prospects her mother fa bored the her father said levin was worth a thousand men kitty herself had set her hei heart on although fond of levin in due time she sha experienced the pleasing pain ot of refusing leeny but to her chagrin and deep humiliation the proposal from did not materialize the th latter did not dream that his attentions to her were regarded seriously poor kitty met wl witcher with th I 1 her crushing disappointment at a large ball when instead of choosing her as his is mazurka pir partner trier led out lf adame Karen Kare ninal lna t in spite of their endeavors to hid hadt the magic glow which enveloped them it was obvious to kitty as to others that anna and had both beba touched by the same flaming torch anna karenita Karen Kar enina lna had met her man inan sho she knew it she was afraid iler her customary serenity deserted her so sa completely that she left for st petersburg the next day cutting cuttings short bort her visit the calm routine of her ber dally life fe took on a new find and attractive aspect sho sh longed to see her son even her husband but took tho tha same train to st petersburg they met constantly in io society clety anna called all the forces of 0 reason prudence pride to her ald aid but bat sho sha could not conceal the rapture she felt in presence iler her intimates became extremely interested this was indeed an affair after their own hearts according to their code an anything y was proper so long lone as outward conventions were observed marenin coolly pointed out the danger of her course lie ile assured hr he be looked upon jealousy as a humiliating and wounding sentiment anna would have respected some truculent conversation ills spineless attitude enraged her and by the end of a year sho she and had become all ln in all to each other they had but one ct in life to be together karekin waited for the tha blow to fall it was ivas finally accomplished bf annas public exhibition of 0 emotion when met with a racing avel accident dent upon being upbraided up braided by hadr husband she confessed her love for BlIng mingled led with the pain karella re felt I 1 ta a s sense ense of relief he immediately began to plan on getting out of the mud without being splashed tle he considered duelling buelling du elling divorce separation being afraid of a pistol he concluded that ills services to the government gave enmen ent were too valuable for him to risk hla his life the scandal of a divorce might react against himself and a separation 1 would throw anna into Vron isky arms the latter was the last thing he wonted wanted it would not punish anna ills decision was wag to allow her to remain in ills his home perhaps resume their old relations ile he knew this would make her most unhappy his justification for this attitude attl atti tudo was its religious significance IQ in the meantime levin was trying to forget kitty by devoting himself to work lie he became much interested la in uplifting his peasants who did not up pre predate clate his efforts he reached the that they had found the akay to happiness but one glimpse of kitty showed him his error and stirred ul lit his old feeling tor for her kittys kitrys health had so failed after her disappointment j in that she had teen been sent abroad to take a cu cure re now having been restored to health and having a new outlook on life she realized that it was le levin aln whom ahe real j ly loved end and when he again asked for her hand she gladly consented according to Kar enins decision anna still had her place as mistress of his household karekin was abari that she and still maintained their relations but could do nothing about it in time anna gave birth tol toj a daughter and was thought to be dy ing conduct was magnant even toward baby attempted suicide e through throng sheer humiliation but anna recovered co i which karekin had bad not count counted edl on and with her returning health canua the conviction that was the a light of life to tor her she became so unhappy that in a moment of weakness p karekin was prevailed upon to co con sent to divorce even to take UM the blame blam and give her the boy this generosity she could not accept and with and her bab left her husbands husban hus banda dd home and her son on that inevitably fatal journey of love without the law they went abroad and at first werd radiantly happy then tire of 0 the aimless life they returned to russia and settled in the country 1 annas position became so unbearable to who mho adored her that he be finally urged iter her to appeal to karella for a divorce when carenia refused owing to various circumstances matters grew than ever anna could not go into society so became introspective without cause sho she grew very jealous of aronsk she took to morphine as aa a sleeping potion suicide under the rushing of a railroad train was anna karen I 1 inas way out 8 grief was overwhelming after many weeks of illness lie he or I 1 pilled a squadron ot of cavalry and en e the serbian war Konstint la levin found ills happiness with his wife and small son and am found that his old faith had 1 iad la in his heart although hidden when an old peasant explained why a 0 cert airl man was good in the words he lives for ills his soul he remembers god copyright 1319 1919 by the tha post publishing co the waton rest post Copy copyright Tight in the united kingdom Kl Kinc nedom dom the dominions its col antes and dependencies under the copy right act by the post publishing co boston MOM mean U fa B A JL au ta r nerved |