Anna Karenina, Part 6, Chapter 21 summary
Part 6, Chapter 21 of 239 · 7 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 21, Vronsky takes Darya Alexandrovna aside and asks her to persuade Anna to request a divorce, explaining that their daughter legally belongs to Karenin and cannot inherit as his child. She agrees to speak to Anna, while increasingly doubting Anna’s happiness and noticing her avoidance of difficult questions.
What happens
- Vronsky leaves Anna and Sviazhsky to visit the stables and escorts Darya Alexandrovna into the garden for a private conversation.
- He describes Anna’s suffering in society, while Darya Alexandrovna begins to doubt whether Anna is truly happy.
- Vronsky explains that their daughter legally belongs to Karenin, and that this threatens his hopes for family and inheritance.
- He says Anna avoids the subject and asks Darya Alexandrovna to persuade her to write to her husband requesting divorce.
- Darya Alexandrovna agrees, connects Anna’s lowered eyelids with her avoidance of difficult truths, and walks back with Vronsky.
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