Anna Karenina, Part 6, Chapter 16 summary
Part 6, Chapter 16 of 239 · 8 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 16, Darya Alexandrovna travels to visit Anna with Levin’s help and uses the journey to reconsider her marriage, motherhood, and financial dependence. Memories of pregnancy, loss, and constant worry deepen her sympathy for Anna, while fantasies of being loved offer an imagined escape from her own burdens.
What happens
- Darya Alexandrovna decides to visit Anna, and Levin insists that she use his horses rather than pay for hired ones.
- She leaves before dawn, stops for tea, and hears a young mother describe her daughter’s death as a release.
- During the journey, worries about her children and money expand into painful reflections on pregnancy, nursing, and her baby’s death.
- Seeing cheerful peasant women, she envies their apparent freedom and questions whether remaining with her husband is right.
- She defends Anna in her thoughts, imagines a romance of her own, and reaches the road toward Vozdvizhenskoe.
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