Anna Karenina, Part 2, Chapter 9 summary
Part 2, Chapter 9 of 239 · 6 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 9, Alexey Alexandrovitch warns Anna that her conversation with Count Vronsky attracts notice, but she hides her feelings behind amused denials and claims of sleepiness. His appeal to marriage, love, and their son fails to draw an honest response, leaving him silent while she privately delights in thoughts of the other man.
What happens
- Anna returns home and acts sleepy, surprising herself with the ease of her lies.
- Alexey Alexandrovitch warns that her animated conversation with Count Vronsky attracts attention and risks gossip.
- Anna deflects his concerns, while he senses that she shuts him out of her inner life.
- He invokes marriage, God, love, and their son, asking her to speak openly if his warning has grounds.
- Anna says she has nothing to disclose, and they go to bed without resolving the conflict.
- As her husband snores, Anna lies awake with guilty pleasure, imagining the other man.
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