Anna Karenina, Chapter 31 summary
Chapter 31 of 239 · Part 1 · 6 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 31, Vronsky arrives in Petersburg absorbed in his love for Anna, but seeing her husband makes her marriage painfully real to him. He asks permission to visit, while Alexey Alexandrovitch receives him coldly and escorts Anna toward her carriage, discussing their son and her social duties.
What happens
- Vronsky spends the night awake, ignoring other passengers and recalling Anna’s words and movements with happiness.
- At Petersburg, he waits to see Anna but first notices her husband and resents his claim on her.
- Vronsky approaches the couple, reads Anna’s reserve as lack of love, and welcomes a brief flash in her eyes.
- Anna introduces Vronsky, and Alexey Alexandrovitch responds with cold politeness before trying to end the encounter.
- Vronsky asks to visit, and Alexey Alexandrovitch tells him that they receive guests on Mondays.
- Anna listens to Vronsky’s departing footsteps, then asks about Seryozha as her husband discusses home and Countess Lidia Ivanovna.
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