Chapter 4

           

           ThehighestPetersburgsocietyisessentiallyone:initeveryoneknowseveryoneelse,everyoneevenvisitseveryoneelse.Butthisgreatsethasitssubdivisions.AnnaArkadyevnaKareninahadfriendsandclosetiesinthreedifferentcirclesofthishighestsociety.Onecirclewasherhusband’sgovernmentofficialset,consistingofhiscolleaguesandsubordinates,broughttogetherinthemostvariousandcapriciousmanner,andbelongingtodifferentsocialstrata.Annafounditdifficultnowtorecallthefeelingofalmostawe-strickenreverencewhichshehadatfirstentertainedforthesepersons.Nowsheknewallofthemaspeopleknowoneanotherinacountrytown;sheknewtheirhabitsandweaknesses,andwheretheshoepinchedeachoneofthem.Sheknewtheirrelationswithoneanotherandwiththeheadauthorities,knewwhowasforwhom,andhoweachonemaintainedhisposition,andwheretheyagreedanddisagreed.Butthecircleofpolitical,masculineinterestshadneverinterestedher,inspiteofcountessLidiaIvanovna’sinfluence,andsheavoidedit.

           AnotherlittlesetwithwhichAnnawasincloserelationswastheonebymeansofwhichAlexeyAlexandrovitchhadmadehiscareer.ThecenterofthiscirclewastheCountessLidiaIvanovna.Itwasasetmadeupofelderly,ugly,benevolent,andgodlywomen,andclever,learned,andambitiousmen.Oneofthecleverpeoplebelongingtothesethadcalledit“theconscienceofPetersburgsociety.

Содержание книги
Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 212 из 1375