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Tasks to Deepen Your Reading (Anna Karenina Part One) (Patreon)

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2021-02-13 13:41:34
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What did you think of Part One?

What amused you? Bemused you? Enraged you? Engaged you?

Who do you like?

Who don't you like?

Why?

Engagement = enrichment

So, when you get a chance, scribble some notes, journal, ponder, and reread your favourite passage.

And here are a couple of specific tasks you might find useful for focusing your reading journey:

1) Collect a handful of your favourite episodes, sentences, phrases, character descriptions, or even whole chapters. File them away, mark them, journal upon them, or let the group know your favourite parts. If we talking about Part One, I simply adore the chapters at the ice rink, the ball, and the train carriage during the blizzard.

2) Analyse two or three of your favourite parts so far (either in your journal, in a typed-up review, or simply talking aloud to yourself, someone close to you, or the book group). What do they add to your understanding about the characters and the world of Anna Karenina? What do they add to your understanding of your world and yourself?

3) Do you feel like Anna Karenina is an immoral book in your reading so far? Is it good art?

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Anonymous

Wow what a novel! I have to admit I was expecting this book to be a slog but its so immersive and real. Truly beautiful . I love seeing the subtle ways that the narration changes from character to character, the key emotional melodies of each person infecting the word choices. I am excited to get to know people more, especially Dolly, her thinness intrigues me: I don't think I have ever read a book where a character suffers from anorexia, but if I was reading her passages right it does seem like she might be afflicted with it. Stepan irritates me no end; a friend to all is a friend to none! My favourite section in the novel has to be that second meeting of Anna and Vronsky on the platform. The storm in the background, subsiding for a time and then returning again much stronger (Hmm I wonder what that might allude to.... infatuation sure is something that comes in waves!), the people going about their days around them and their eyes meeting. How he speaks to her, but we don't fully hear it, because she doesn't fully hear it. All she can think is 'I didn't know you were going. why are you going'. Amazing.

Tanya

Difficult transparent moment. I feel completely isolated & ignorant in my immediate & intense dislike for Stepan. (Unintentional alliteration there, sorry). This is my first read & I’m only on ch. 9, but reading through the comments has me feeling like I’m missing something vital. Stepan, (again, as of my current reading), is the epitome of what I would be loathe to surround myself with. Am I… stuck up? Am I an intellectual snob?! There… there it is. I don’t like Stepan because he holds up a mirror in which I can see myself. Too good for his company, too smart for his mindless chatter, too convicted in my beliefs for his wishy-washy opinions that change as popularity ebbs & flows. Tolstoy, master of self examination. Perhaps I can find some understanding & compassion for Stepan after all.

Anonymous
>>94025058

Don't sweat it too hard, I had a similar reaction to Stephan at first, but I think what is so interesting about his character, is that by the end of the book you fall in love with the same charm as everyone else around him, you can't help it. At least that's how it was for me by the end of the first read through. I think Tolstoy masterfully sets you up to hate and minimize Stephan as a character at first, but by the end of the book you can't but help realize that Stephan has become your friend as well. I think it's fair to say that you will think you have a new opinion about each of these characters multiple times as Tolstoy subverts your expectation of them.

Tanya
>>94025058

As of my current reading in Anna Karenina, I agree. My opinions of the characters have changed, including Stepan. It may just be one of my favourite books ever, which is not something I would've imagined saying within the first chapters. I will also say that I had to put the book down a moment after Vronsky's failed race... that just broke my heart.