Anna Karenina, Part 3, Chapter 26 summary

What happens

1. Levin accepts Sviazhsky's invitation despite suspecting that his hosts want him to marry their resident sister-in-law.
2. He considers Sviazhsky's conflicting beliefs and actions but cannot dismiss his intelligent, kindhearted friend as dishonest or foolish.
3. Dissatisfied with farming and his own life, Levin hopes to understand his host's confidence and discuss agricultural conditions.
4. A dry marsh yields only three birds, but physical exertion restores Levin's spirits while an old man and his family occupy his thoughts.
5. At tea, Levin feels embarrassed by Nastia's low neckline and struggles to discuss the local school.
6. Levin moves toward Sviazhsky and two landowners, one of whom complains about peasants and plainly favors serfdom.

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