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Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky
Karenin, Anna’s husband, is a high-ranking, wealthy government official. His primary concern throughout the novel is to uphold his reputation in society: he would rather remain in a loveless marriage that appears fine from the outside, even if it’s crumbling from within, than risk his reputation with divorce and scandal, even if that is the more emotionally honest route to take. Whereas Vronsky is youthful, vigorous, and handsome, Karenin is older and stiffer: for example, he has bad teeth and ears that stick out, while Vronsky’s robust teeth show that he is at the pinnacle of health. Karenin is also deeply superstitious and is swayed by Countess Lydia’s hocus-pocus spiritualism. Although Karenin is often cold and emotionless, and although Anna views him as a hypocrite, Karenin does prove to have some dignity and pride: he forgives Anna when she has baby Annie and adopts the daughter as legally his own, even though she is Vronsky’s child.
Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin Quotes in Anna Karenina
The Anna Karenina quotes below are all either spoken by Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin or refer to Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Chapter 32
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And the son, just like the husband, produced in Anna a feeling akin to disappointment. She had imagined him better than he was in reality. She had to descend to reality to enjoy him as he was.
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Part 4, Chapter 12
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“I cannot forgive, I do not want to, and I consider it unjust. I did everything for that woman, and she trampled everything in the mud that is so suitable to her. I am not a wicked man, I have never hated anyone, but I hate her with all the strength of my soul, and I cannot even forgive her, because I hate her so much for all the evil she has done me!”
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Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin Quotes in Anna Karenina
The Anna Karenina quotes below are all either spoken by Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin or refer to Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Chapter 32
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And the son, just like the husband, produced in Anna a feeling akin to disappointment. She had imagined him better than he was in reality. She had to descend to reality to enjoy him as he was.
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Part 4, Chapter 12
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“I cannot forgive, I do not want to, and I consider it unjust. I did everything for that woman, and she trampled everything in the mud that is so suitable to her. I am not a wicked man, I have never hated anyone, but I hate her with all the strength of my soul, and I cannot even forgive her, because I hate her so much for all the evil she has done me!”
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