"Anna Karenina" kokkuvõte
woman should be. She manages to strike a perfect balance between the roles of wife and mother, and she
brings faith and understanding to her husband, Levin. Undergoing a drawn-out birth process in the book,
she shares Tolstoy's appreciation for the life-death cycle, and wants to play her part in contributing. She is
intelligent and faithful to God.
Seriozha: Son of Anna and Karenin. His mother is an adultress and abandons him. He is told his mother
has died, but she suddenly returns to talk to him, shocking the young boy.
Prince Shcherbatsky: Kitty's father.
Princess Shcherbatsky: Kitty's mother. Nicholas Levin: Konstantin Levin's brother. He is sick and
eventually dies, soothed by Konstantin Levin's wife, Kitty.
Countess Lydia Ivanovna: Karenin's friend, a mystic Princess who tries to convince Karenin that he has
religious beliefs and faith. She is a social queen and a fraud.