Anna Karenina, Chapter 27 summary
Chapter 27 of 239 · Part 1 · 4 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 27, Levin settles into his family home and finds that his disappointment cannot extinguish his hopes for marriage, children, and farming. As he reads, listens to Agafea Mihalovna, and strokes Laska, he begins to accept his present life and resolves to make it better.
What happens
- Levin keeps his entire family house in use because it preserves his parents’ life and his own hopes for a family.
- Over tea and a book, he discovers that he still imagines a wife, a family, and satisfying work.
- Agafea Mihalovna reports that Prohor spends his horse money on drink and severely beats his wife.
- Levin’s thoughts shift between Tyndall’s science, breeding cattle, an imagined marriage, and his painful memories of Moscow.
- Agafea Mihalovna notices his sadness and reassures him about health and conscience.
- Levin watches Laska settle comfortably at his feet and tells himself that his own life is all right.
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