Anna Karenina, Part 6, Chapter 11 summary
Part 6, Chapter 11 of 239 · 10 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 11, Levin debates wealth and unequal earnings with Stepan Arkadyevitch and Veslovsky while the hunters lodge with a peasant family, and their objections unsettle his sense of fairness. When the others leave to seek amusement with local women, Levin stays behind, questioning his conduct and thinking about Kitty and the morning hunt.
What happens
- The hunters eat at the peasant’s hut and settle into beds of hay in a barn.
- Stepan Arkadyevitch praises Malthus’s hospitality, prompting Levin to condemn fortunes made through speculation and banking.
- Stepan Arkadyevitch challenges Levin’s own unequal earnings, and Levin defends keeping his land while avoiding greater inequality.
- Veslovsky leaves to approach nearby women, while Levin remains troubled by the charge that his reasoning is evasive.
- Stepan Arkadyevitch defends marital independence and joins Veslovsky despite Levin’s objections.
- Levin listens to the household settling down, reflects on fairness and Kitty, and falls asleep after announcing an early hunt.
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Levin questions whether avoiding greater inequality is enough. The argument leaves him uncertain about how to act fairly while keeping his property.
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