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Anna Karenina, Part 5, Chapter 32 summary

Part 5, Chapter 32 of 239 · 4 min to read the chapter

In Chapter 32, Anna arranges to attend the opera despite Vronsky’s alarm about appearing among her acquaintances, and she refuses his appeals to stay away. Their argument exposes a growing division: she insists that their love outweighs other people’s judgments, while his cold expression makes his reassurance unconvincing.

What happens

  1. Vronsky waits anxiously for Anna, who returns from shopping with Princess Oblonskaya and behaves with unsettling excitement.
  2. Tushkevitch delivers Princess Betsy’s narrowly timed invitation, which Anna declines before accepting his offer to obtain an opera box.
  3. Anna behaves with exaggerated cheerfulness at dinner, nearly flirting with Tushkevitch and Yashvin.
  4. Vronsky finds Anna dressed for the theater and pleads with her not to go.
  5. Anna rejects concern about other people and questions his affection, while Vronsky struggles to explain his objection.

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Anna makes mutual love her sole standard for action. This sharpens the conflict between her determination to appear publicly and Vronsky’s concern about the encounter.

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Who offers to obtain an opera box for Anna?

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