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Ell Rojer
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Favorite quote: "They were talking about mutual acquaintances, and conducting the most trivial of conversations, but it seemed to Kitty that every word they spoke was deciding their destiny, and hers." (83)
Tolstoy perfectly captures the feelings of unwarranted jealousy that come bubbling up when watching your crush fall in love with someone else...Heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, and inevitable all at once.
— Jul 03, 2026 04:31PM
Tolstoy perfectly captures the feelings of unwarranted jealousy that come bubbling up when watching your crush fall in love with someone else...Heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, and inevitable all at once.
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Ell Rojer
is on page 581 of 847
me when Levin is constantly side-eyeing Dolly and Stepan Arkadyich while he's still having an affair!!! :o THE DRAMA
"'Who was he kissing yesterday with those lips?'...He looked at Dolly and was also displeased with her. 'She doesn't believe in his love at all. So what is she so happy about? Disgusting!' thought Levin." (571)
Then not him then getting jealous and insecure around his own wife....LEVIN BRO BREATHE!!
— 11 hours, 29 min ago
"'Who was he kissing yesterday with those lips?'...He looked at Dolly and was also displeased with her. 'She doesn't believe in his love at all. So what is she so happy about? Disgusting!' thought Levin." (571)
Then not him then getting jealous and insecure around his own wife....LEVIN BRO BREATHE!!
Ell Rojer
is on page 472 of 847
Wow! So many new twists and turns in Part 5. Tolstoy continues to beautifully unravel the inner life of 18th-century Russian society, with all the messiness of friends and family navigating life together. He perfectly encapsulates the maddening exhilaration of romance. We see Anna's inner turmoil alongside Levin's battle against his loneliness. Excited to keep reading!!
— Aug 30, 2026 09:05AM
Ell Rojer
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The world mirrors the characters' inner psyches. I was struck by how Vronsky's fall from his horse (203) is exactly parallel to his affair with Anna. In his race, he started out hubristic. He had no thought of any consequences. But soon, his actions catch up to him and result in a catastrophic fall. Quite literally: a fall from grace. My analysis is inspired by George Saunders' "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain".
— Jul 16, 2026 10:27AM
Ell Rojer
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"The presence of this child always and without exception aroused in Vronsky that strange feeling of inexplicable loathing which he had been experiencing lately...a feeling akin to that experienced by a seafarer, who sees from the compass that the direction he is swiftly heading in is far from the proper one, but is incapable of stopping the momentum." (189)
We see the subconscious mind and the struggle of guilt.
— Jul 16, 2026 10:23AM
We see the subconscious mind and the struggle of guilt.
Ell Rojer
is on page 137 of 847
Oh, Anna... girl. There can only be so much infidelity in one book...
Alas, Tolstoy has again swept me away with his gorgeous writing.
— Jul 10, 2026 06:45PM
Alas, Tolstoy has again swept me away with his gorgeous writing.
Ell Rojer
is on page 38 of 847
Tolstoy's prose is outstanding. I loved "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" in 2025- excited to jump into Tolstoy's writing again.
Enjoying the setup of the characters and how he establishes their inner psyches right from the get-go. I especially love the conversation between Oblonsky and Levin on page 39, where they discuss Levin's crush on Kitty without ever mentioning Kitty...masterfully written!
— Jun 29, 2026 08:42AM
Enjoying the setup of the characters and how he establishes their inner psyches right from the get-go. I especially love the conversation between Oblonsky and Levin on page 39, where they discuss Levin's crush on Kitty without ever mentioning Kitty...masterfully written!