Anna Karenina, a woman who lost her life because of an extramarital affair

Happy families are always similar, and unhappy families have their own bitterness.

This work mainly focuses on the young and elegant Anna Karenina, and tells the story of her rebellion against feudalism, her pursuit of love, and finally suicide by lying on the rails.

Anna is considered the most attractive woman in the history of Western literature, and at the same time quite controversial. She longs for the salvation of love, immerses herself in it, but suffers from gains and losses, inner pain, and finally loses herself and goes to destruction.

Anna lost her parents at an early age, was fostered in her aunt's house, and when she was 16 years old, her aunt took charge and married Karenin, who was 20 years older than her.

Karenin was an orphan, and although he was not good-looking, he was a prominent figure in the officialdom. There is only fame in his world, which looks rigid and boring.

One is a young girl who is just beginning to fall in love, and the other is a 36-year-old political man, and there is a distance between them. Karenin was imprisoned by the shell of politics, his time was almost completely filled with duties, there was no extra time to share with his wife, Anna followed the rules in front of him and did not dare to be coquettish.

The abundance of life can hardly hide the thirst of the soul, and their marriage is so bland and boring to maintain the surface peace.

But a special encounter shattered this peace, and even affected Anna's life for the rest of her life.

The story begins with the family ......of Duke Shcherbatsky (Anna's sister-in-law's maiden family).

The Xie family and the Levin family were both Moscow nobles, and the Xie family had 3 daughters and 1 son. When Levin was in college, he was a classmate of the Xie family's son, so the two families were very close.

During college, Levin fell in love with the eldest lady of the Xie family, Tao Li (Anna's sister-in-law), and as a result, Tao Li married the higher-status Oblonsky (Anna's brother). Later, he fell in love with the second lady, Natalia, and the second lady married the diplomat Li Vov.

When Levin graduated from university, the third lady, Ji Di, was still a child.

At the age of 32, Levin's friends had already started a family and made a fortune as officials, but he only inherited the family's land and became a small aristocratic landowner in the countryside.

Now that he is still single, he thinks of the youngest daughter of the Xie family, Ji Di, who is 18 years old and has become like a flower, and it is time to talk about marriage.

A few months ago, Wen had been to Xie's house and decided that Ji Di was the most ideal wife candidate in his heart.

But he didn't know that at this moment, Ji Di was in love with the young officer Volensky.

Volensky was the son of Count Kirill Ivanovich Volensky. He was rich, smart, educated, promising, and a very likable lad.

At the same time, he is also a famous *** in high society, he is just playing with Ji Di, and he never thought of getting married, Ji Di's father saw this, so he strongly opposed their relationship.

However, Ji Di's mother likes him very much, and she wants them to get engaged as soon as possible. In this regard, her father did not agree, and her father was more optimistic about Levin, because the two families were world friends, and they knew Levin better.

And Ji Di herself is biased towards her mother's opinion, and in her mother's eyes, Levin is not comparable to Volensky. Levin was eccentric and extreme, and he was not communicative;Volensky is in line with Jidi's mother's heart everywhere. He was handsome, rich, intelligent, noble, and had a greater future than Levin.

For this reason, the old duchess and his wife also had a big quarrel.

Two months later, Levin came to Moscow again, ready to propose to Jidi.

When he saw Ji Di's face full of happiness, he hesitated, feeling that he was not worthy of her, but if he gave up like this, he was unwilling.

After thinking about it again, he finally mustered up the courage to propose to Ji Di. Ji Di rejected him on the spot, because Ji Di was now bent on marrying Volensky.

Levin, who failed in his marriage proposal, left Moscow. Before returning home, he went to see Aublonsky, Tori's husband (Anna's brother). At this time, Oblonsky's marriage was in crisis.

34-year-old Oblonsky, through the relationship of his brother-in-law Karenin, held a decent and well-paid official position in Moscow, his wife was one year younger than him, and the two had been married for nine years, had seven pregnancies and gave birth to five children.

After giving birth, Tao Li was disgusted by her husband because of her disfigure, and even the inherited maiden property was squandered by her husband. But she still runs the household for her husband and takes care of the children without complaint.

One day, Tao Li discovered that her husband had an ambiguous relationship with a female governess. She finally couldn't take it anymore and had a cold war with her husband.

In the face of his wife's anger, Oblonsky not only showed no remorse, but was annoyed that he did not hide it from his wife, which caused chaos in the family.

For this reason, the two have been separated for 3 days, the maid resigned, several children cried non-stop, and the family was in a mess. He thought of all the ways he should think, and in desperation, he had no choice but to ask his sister in Petersburg for help.

Because he knew that Tao Li respected Anna very much, and the two were friends who talked about everything, he felt that his sister would definitely be able to convince his wife.

At this time, on a train bound for Moscow, Anna was talking to a countess, and the two were talking speculatively. The Countess went to Petersburg to visit her eldest son and was returning home. She also had a young son named Volensky.

However, what Anna doesn't know is that this mother was a smash hit courtesan when she was young, her husband died early, and she had a lot of affairs after remarriage.

As for her youngest son Volensky, that is, Ji Di's lover who fell in love with, although he is young and handsome, he is famous

His play with Ji Di is non-marital intentions, which is one of his common bad behaviors.

When the train arrived, Anna got off the train and met Volensky, who had come to pick up her mother. The two who met for the first time just caught a glimpse of the heartstrings of the two.

After introducing each other to each other, he was polite to her and felt that she was elegant and sacred;She had great respect for him, believing him to be personable and youthful.

Suddenly, there was an accident in front of him, and a railroad worker threw himself into the tracks and was crushed to death on the spot. Anna trembled with fright and said in a trembling voice

"This is a bad omen. ”

When Anna arrived at her brother's house, she had a heart-to-heart conversation with her sister-in-law. The sister-in-law forgave her brother and stopped talking about separation.

After lunch, my sister-in-law's sister Ji Di came to her sister's house and met Anna, who invited Anna to a dinner party a few days later.

At the ball, Anna met Volensky again, who warmly invited her to dance and took the opportunity to confess her feelings.

Ji Di saw the submissive expression on Volensky's resolute and free face, Anna smiled, he smiled, Anna pondered, and he also restrained his smile.

This scene stung Ji Di, and she felt pain and despair.

Anna becomes the protagonist of the ball and also becomes Jidi's rival.

Anna felt that she was at fault and did not dare to stay any longer, so she left Moscow the next day.

On the train back to Petersburg, Volensky suddenly appeared beside Anna and said warmly: "I am here for you, I will go wherever you go, I have no way not to do this." ”

The train entered Petersburg, and Anna got off.

At the station, Volensky met Anna's husband, and he saw that Anna did not love her husband, and they did not have the intimacy that husband and wife should have

She doesn't love him!He doesn't love her either!

Little by little, the fire of love melted Anna, and Anna's heart faltered.

She remembered her marriage, her husband.

Karenin was an orphan who had risen to his current position thanks to a powerful uncle. At the beginning, Anna's aunt had a good relationship with Karenin's uncle, so she introduced Anna to Karenin.

Karenin was busy with his career all day long, and he only had fame in his eyes. For Anna, he is just a bureaucratic machine, she has not felt the care and love of her husband for many years of marriage, and her life is regular, boring and unamorous, which is why Anna has felt depressed and devoid of life for many years.

Now, having met Volensky and the instinct of love has been revived, she understands that her marriage is bitter and unfree.

Soon, news of Volensky and Anna spread throughout the capital, and Karenin was in a high position, so their relationship was particularly striking in the social world, and friends and colleagues looked at him with strange eyes.

Karenin tolerated everything, but the rumors outside became more and more unbearable. Karenin decided to talk to Anna. He felt that he should use kindness and warmth to save her and make her wake up.

However, as soon as they met, the tone of their voice turned into cynicism:

"Because of your frivolity and indiscretion, you may become the talking point of the communicative world, and you and Volensky have attracted everyone's attention. ”

When Volensky's mother found out, she was at first very proud, because her eldest son, who was married, also had a dancer, so she was lenient about such a thing.

Later, she heard that Volensky had turned down a promising position in order to stay here, and often dated Anna. For this, the upper echelons were very dissatisfied with him.

So, the mother's attitude changed. She was angry that Anna had made her son lose his mind and delayed his future. She began to intervene in the affairs of the two men, and this interference provoked the rebellion of the rensky.

Soon Anna became pregnant, Volensky's child.

Anna wanted to leave Volensky, but she was afraid that Karenin would mock her and torture her with official words. For the sake of official position and fame, he will do everything to eliminate the scandal.

The main reason is that Anna is reluctant to give up her son. She didn't know what her son would think of her, a woman who abandoned her father and son, in the future.

Anna fell into deep pain and resentment:

"On the surface, Karenin wanted to be a good man, but inside he wanted to punish me. This sanctimonious hypocrite is really cruel, terrible, selfish, and ruthless!He knows me too well!”

He was originally a father who cared about his children very much, but since that incident, he has been very cold to his son, and he often adopts a teasing attitude towards his son like he does to his wife.

During a horse race, Volensky fell, and Anna lost her temper on the spot and exclaimed loudly. Karenin warned Anna to be aware of her identity, but Anna did not listen, and Karenin forcibly took her away from the racecourse.

On the carriage home, Karenin said.

"I have asked you to watch your actions in social places, so as not to let those who like to gossip about right and wrong. Your actions today are so inappropriate, so I hope there will be no more such things in the future. ”

I love him, I'm his **, I hate you, I'm afraid of you, I hate you ......Do whatever you want with me. ”

After returning from the racecourse, Karenin was concerned with only one question, how to shake off the stain that Anna had brought him in the best, most decent, and most appropriate way.

He couldn't get involved with Anna because he had done something sinful, and he should get out of Anna in the best way. Karenin's aim was to preserve his reputation, which was indispensable to make a difference in officialdom.

In addition, after the divorce, Anna can be with her lover. Although Karenin was dismissive of his wife, it was impossible for her to be with Volensky smoothly.

Karenin thought that there was only one feasible way: to keep her with her, to hide it from the world, and above all, to punish her, not to make her happy.

In the days that followed, they still lived together and saw each other every day, but they were exactly like passers-by. Karenin made a rule for himself to see his wife every day, so that his servants would not be suspicious.

Volensky never came to Karenin's house, but Anna met him outside, which her husband knew.

This state of affairs was very uncomfortable for all three, and Karenin hoped that after a long time, everyone would forget about it and his reputation would be preserved.

As for Anna, it was caused by her, and therefore she was the most miserable, but she had to endure it.

A few months later, Anna risked her life to give birth to Volensky's daughter. If you have puerperal fever during childbirth, you have only 1 chance of surviving.

Anna was pale and woke up from time to time, and in the hospital bed she kept telling her sins, and she felt that she was guilty, and she grabbed her husband's hand and begged him for forgiveness.

She confessed to Karenin and wanted to have peace of mind.

Volensky crouched on the edge of the bed, hugged his head and cried. Karenin's heart was greatly touched by this scene, and he forgave his wife, pity her pain and remorse, and forgive Volensky.

And told Volensky that he was going through the divorce process.

Karenin's forgiveness made Volensky feel shameful, vile, guilty, and unable to wash away his sins.

As soon as the two were compared, Volensky felt that he was noble, he was low, his soul was so noble, and he was too small and shameless.

Two months later, Anna's illness was miraculously cured. A month later, she left Petersburg and traveled with Volensky to Italy.

A few months later, Volensky and Anna returned to Petersburg, by which time the doors of the social world had closed to them.

Anna is not divorced yet, she lives with Volensky as a lover, and due to the rapid progress of society, society does not tolerate them now.

This incident aroused the disgust of the Volensky family, and Volensky's mother hated Anna even more because she ruined her son's future.

Now Anna does not dare to divorce, because once divorced, the child will belong to her husband, and she will no longer be qualified to see her son.

When she returned, Anna wanted to see her son. She thought it would be easy to return to Petersburg to see her son.

When she came back, she realized how difficult it was to see her son. Because now Karenin also has a lover, she is the Countess of Lidiya, and Karenin is a colleague. She had been widowed for many years, and when she saw Karenin caught in the whirlpool of marriage, she changed from caring and consoling to taking advantage of the situation to enter his life.

Anna mustered up the courage to write a letter to Karenin to allow her to visit her son. The messenger brought her back with no reply.

Anna has always lived with Volensky as a lover, so people in the social world are always pointing fingers at them and whispering, which makes her unbearable and her heart is confused.

For this, Volensky blamed her for not showing her head. For the first time, he was annoyed, almost resentful, because Anna didn't understand his situation.

One day, Tao Li thought of Anna and felt that she dared to run away from home for love, and she couldn't do it. Others spit on her, but my sister-in-law won't.

She went to visit Anna and returned home to find her unhappy. Anna lives a chic and comfortable life on the surface, but her mental world is depressed and painful, and even begins to become chaotic, and can only be maintained by sedatives every day.

Volensky privately asked Anna's sister-in-law, Tao Li, for help: "Persuade Anna to divorce as soon as possible, otherwise their children will not be able to inherit his surname and will not be able to inherit his property." Such a life is not a long-term solution. ”

Anna remained indifferent to the divorce. Tao Li persuaded to no avail and left.

Volensky and Anna are still in the same situation, and Anna still has no divorce moves.

It's just that they have quarreled too many times, quarreled and reconciled, and after reconciliation, they quarreled again, and the relationship became worse and worse.

Volensky regretted that he had found himself in an embarrassing situation for the sake of Anna, who not only did not want to find ways to improve the situation, but made it more and more difficult for him.

Anna felt that Volensky didn't love her anymore, and she fantasized that he was in love with another woman;Sometimes she imagined a girl out of thin air, and Volensky abandoned her and married her.

Suspicious of him, Anna begins to hate him and looks for reasons to vent her resentment. All her sufferings were blamed on him.

In the midst of endless bickering, Anna thinks about death and whether death can rekindle his love for her and punish him.

When she thought of drinking a whole bottle of opium, she thought it was too easy, too simple, so much so that she began to imagine how painful, how regretful, how much he would miss her love, and yet it would be too late to regret it.

A few days later, Volensky went to his mother's house, and before leaving, he and Anna did not say anything to comfort or say goodbye.

Anna began to despair, so she wrote a note for the servant to send it immediately.

"Volensky, I'm scared, please go home quickly, or you will regret it. ”

She felt so helpless, so scared, so lonely. She decided to go and see her sister-in-law, Tao Li, and tell her everything that had happened. After all, Tao Li is the person who loves her, cares about her the most, and knows her the most in the world.

She met Tao Li, but Tao Li's sister Ji Di was also there. Originally, she wanted to talk to her sister-in-law about the predicament she was facing, and at the same time, she wanted to have a good talk with Ji Di, asking her to forgive her for taking Volensky in the first place.

But the sisters are busy taking care of a large group of children, and the scene of their happiness stung Anna. A few minutes later, she left.

She decided to go to Volensky's mother in person and find her beloved. At the railway station, the servant delivered a message from Volensky:

"I can't get home until 10 p.m. ”

I abandoned my husband and son for him, and gave him all my feelings alone, and I couldn't see through the eyes of others. Everything is false, everything is a lie, everything is deception, everything is sin!”

A train had just entered the station, and the wheels slowed down with a clang, until ...... came to a standstill

She remembered that this was the place where she and Volensky first met. There seemed to be a patch of blood on the wheels, and she knew what she should do.

She stopped beside the passing train, she looked at the bottom of the carriage, at the propellers and chains, at the wheels of the train. "Just go there, fall in the middle, and I will punish him, and I will get rid of all men, and I will get rid of myself. ”

She wanted to collapse under the first carriage in front of her, but by the time she was ready, it was too late;Then wait for the next car. At this time, she recalled a series of memories of her girlhood and childhood, and the darkness that enveloped everything suddenly disappeared, and in an instant, all the happiness and joy of the past appeared before her eyes.

She thought of her 9-year-old son, who, in vague and clear memory, had grown up and grown taller. He ran up to her and asked her a question that he didn't know how to answer, "Mom, they all say you're a bad woman and should stay away from you, Mom, are you a bad woman?".”

She thought of her brother who loved her, respected her sister-in-law, resented her, and all the people she knew. Those who despise her and laugh at her ......

She seemed to see her brother Oblancsky running towards her with something in his hand, panting. While running, he waved his hand, "Sister, good news, Karenin signed it, and he agreed to the divorce." Anna, my good sister, you are really free now!”

But her eyes did not take off the wheels of the second carriage. The train was strengthened, and the wheels began to spin one after the other, and round and round forward, and the moment they came to her in the middle of the front and rear wheels, she threw away her red handbag and threw herself under the carriage ......

Where am I?What am I doing?She tried to get up and dodge, but a relentless behemoth hit her head and crushed her back.

The pain was gone, the remorse drifted away, the contempt of the world no longer surrounded her, and herself, Karenin, Volensky, all three escaped from the cage....

The candle from which she had read by candlelight the book of life, full of worries, deceits, sorrows, and sins, flashed brighter than ever, illuminated for her all that had been in the darkness, and with a beep it went dark, and was extinguished for ever.