The Tolstoy Library

In which Stepan Arkadyevitch encounters Betsy and then seeks out his sister Anna, who is consumed by melancholia and despair, revealing the profound discord in her domestic life. Their heartfelt conve...

2 Maj 8min

In which Stepan Arkadyevitch resolves to confront the tender yet troubled matter concerning his sister and her husband, approaching his brother-in-law with a nervous but earnest heart. Their discourse...

2 Maj 12min

In which the weary bonds of matrimony are laid bare through the quiet tensions and unspoken resentments that linger between husband and wife, each trapped by expectation and misunderstood affection. A...

1 Maj 4min

In which Vronsky, overwhelmed by a profound sense of disgrace and loss after a bitter encounter, wrestles with the deep wounds of his own humiliation and the intensity of his feelings, finding that al...

1 Maj 10min

In which Alexey Alexandrovitch, newly awakened to feelings of forgiveness and tender paternal care, navigates the uneasy and fragile peace that settles in the wake of his wife's illness, all the while...

1 Maj 14min

In which Levin experiences a transcendent sense of vitality and walks through the waking city, noticing its simple beauties as if they were imbued with a profound new significance. Upon visiting the S...

30 Apr 8min

In which Alexey Alexandrovitch wrestles with the torment of receiving his wife’s desperate telegram amid a competing professional disappointment, leading him to journey to Petersburg with a heart full...

30 Apr 18min

In which the joining of two souls is marked by the tender and earnest arrangements of betrothal, where happiness mingles with the quiet acknowledgements of past imperfections and the hopeful resolve f...

30 Apr 8min