I hope you all have had a restful and enjoyable summer. Please be sure to look over all aspects of this blog before the start of the 2009-2010 school year. Remember that you are responsible for having read Anna Karenina and the questions that go along with this novel for the first day of school. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at Souless@wy.k12.mi.us.
A brief synopsis of Anna Karenina:
When Anna Karenina meets Count Vronsky, she has been married to a respectable, high-ranking husband for ten years and is the mother of a son she adores. Vronsky turns her world upside down when they fall deeply in love. When Anna becomes pregnant with her lover’s daughter, her husband tries to pretend that nothing has changed, though he threatens to keep her from her son if she leaves him. When Anna is near death after giving birth, both men try to compromise and for a while it appears that Anna will be able to live with her lover and keep her son, but not with the blessing of society, or a divorce. Soon it becomes apparent that she cannot live with Vronsky; the disapproval of society and the stress threaten to destroy their love and soon they destroy her.
(Kliatt, July 2007 v41 i4 p55(1) )
Keep in mind that I check my email daily. If you have any questions regarding the reading or the questions, please feel free to email me. Also note the videos on our blog. I think the Anna Karenina montage is well done and well worth the couple of minutes it takes to watch it. Hopefully, it will re-energize your reading. There is also a link to an audio site that will stream someone reading Anna. Even if you don’t use it, it might be worth checking out.
All of the questions for Anna have been posted. I hope that you are using these questions to guide your reading. Additionally keep in mind that Anna/Vronsky and Levin/Kitty are major characters. Notice the differences in these couples in where they live, their outlook on life, and their relationships. Also remember that Anna is a character who is going against everything that her society represents. This is directly related to the theme of the novel.
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