Anna Karenina, Part 2, Chapter 22 summary
Part 2, Chapter 22 of 239 · 8 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 22, Vronsky visits Anna alone at home, where she tells him she is pregnant and watches anxiously for his response. He urges her to leave her husband and live with him, but she questions how escape is possible and refuses to discuss her husband.
What happens
- Vronsky approaches through the garden, hoping to visit Anna unnoticed while her husband remains in Petersburg.
- He remembers how Seryozha’s confused attention restrains the lovers and exposes their sense of wrongdoing.
- Anna waits anxiously for her son, and Vronsky notices her distress despite her welcome.
- After hesitating over whether he can understand her trouble, Anna tells Vronsky she is pregnant.
- Vronsky urges Anna to leave her husband, but she questions their options and ends discussion of him.
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What to notice
The pregnancy prompts him to demand a concrete change. Anna’s questions expose the gap between his proposed solution and her sense of confinement.
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What does Vronsky urge Anna to do after learning she is pregnant?
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