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Anna Karenina, Part 3, Chapter 8 summary

Part 3, Chapter 8 of 239 · 8 min to read the chapter

In Chapter 8, Darya Alexandrovna takes her children to Communion, delights in Tanya’s kindness to Grisha, and leads a mushroom-picking and bathing outing. Although her husband remains absent and childcare demands constant work, her children give her deep happiness, while conversation with peasant women reveals their shared concerns as mothers.

What happens

  1. Her husband apologizes for the country arrangements but does not come, and Darya Alexandrovna prepares the children for Communion.
  2. Marya Philimonovna helps repair Tanya’s dress, and the children’s appearance and behavior at church please their mother.
  3. Grisha loses his tart for disobedience, but Tanya secretly shares hers with him, moving Darya Alexandrovna to forgiveness.
  4. The family gathers mushrooms, and Lily delights everyone by finding one without help.
  5. Darya Alexandrovna enjoys bathing the children despite the work of dressing and supervising them.
  6. Peasant women admire the children, discuss motherhood with Darya Alexandrovna, and laugh at the governess’s many petticoats.

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What to notice

Shared concerns about children connect Darya Alexandrovna with the peasant women. Their admiration also strengthens her pleasure in motherhood.

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How does Tanya get permission to take her tart away?

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