Анна Каренина

Chapter 1

           Andsocietygenerallyjustnowespeciallyabsorbedinotherthingswasabsolutelyindifferent.Inthepress,too,forawholemonththerewasnotawordabouthisbook.

           SergeyIvanovitchhadcalculatedtoanicetythetimenecessaryforwritingareview,butamonthpassed,andasecond,andstilltherewassilence.

           OnlyintheNorthernBeetle,inacomicarticleonthesingerDrabanti,whohadlosthisvoice,therewasacontemptuousallusiontoKoznishev’sbook,suggestingthatthebookhadbeenlongagoseenthroughbyeveryone,andwasasubjectofgeneralridicule.

           Atlastinthethirdmonthacriticalarticleappearedinaseriousreview.SergeyIvanovitchknewtheauthorofthearticle.HehadmethimonceatGolubtsov’s.

           Theauthorofthearticlewasayoungman,aninvalid,veryboldasawriter,butextremelydeficientinbreedingandshyinpersonalrelations.

           Inspiteofhisabsolutecontemptfortheauthor,itwaswithcompleterespectthatSergeyIvanovitchsetaboutreadingthearticle.Thearticlewasawful.

           Thecritichadundoubtedlyputaninterpretationuponthebookwhichcouldnotpossiblybeputonit.Buthehadselectedquotationssoadroitlythatforpeoplewhohadnotreadthebook(andobviouslyscarcelyanyonehadreadit)itseemedabsolutelyclearthatthewholebookwasnothingbutamedleyofhigh-flownphrases,notevenassuggestedbymarksofinterrogationusedappropriately,andthattheauthorofthebookwasapersonabsolutelywithoutknowledgeofthesubject.AndallthiswassowittilydonethatSergeyIvanovitchwouldnothavedisownedsuchwithimself.

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