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Part 5, Chapter 24
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Anna Karenina, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Marriage and Family Life
Adultery and Jealousy
Physical Activity and Movement
Society and Class
Farming and Rural Life
Compassion and Forgiveness
Summary
Analysis
Lydia shows Karenin Anna’s letter, and Karenin is willing to grant Anna’s request, but Lydia talks him out of it. Lydia writes Anna a stinging note of refusal in French, and the letter deeply offends Anna. Karenin feels miserable at home, though he is soon able to feel self-righteous again.
Karenin defers all personal matters to Lydia, putting up a wall and shutting himself away from his emotions, which Lydia is all too happy to help him do.
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