Анна Каренина

Chapter 4

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchhadthehighestesteemforthiscircle,andAnnawithherspecialgiftforgettingonwitheveryone,hadintheearlydaysofherlifeinPetersburgmadefriendsinthiscirclealso.Now,sinceherreturnfromMoscow,shehadcometofeelthissetinsufferable.Itseemedtoherthatbothsheandallofthemwereinsincere,andshefeltsoboredandillateaseinthatworldthatshewenttoseetheCountessLidiaIvanovnaaslittleaspossible.

           ThethirdcirclewithwhichAnnahadtieswaspreeminentlythefashionableworldtheworldofballs,ofdinners,ofsumptuousdresses,theworldthathungontothecourtwithonehand,soastoavoidsinkingtothelevelofthedemi-monde.Forthedemi-mondethemembersofthatfashionableworldbelievedthattheydespised,thoughtheirtasteswerenotmerelysimilar,butinfactidentical.HerconnectionwiththiscirclewaskeptupthroughPrincessBetsyTverskaya,hercousin’swife,whohadanincomeofahundredandtwentythousandroubles,andwhohadtakenagreatfancytoAnnaeversinceshefirstcameout,showedhermuchattention,anddrewherintoherset,makingfunofCountessLidiaIvanovna’scoterie.

           “WhenI’moldanduglyI’llbethesame,”Betsyusedtosay;“butforaprettyyoungwomanlikeyouit’searlydaysforthathouseofcharity.”

           AnnahadatfirstavoidedasfarasshecouldPrincessTverskaya’sworld,becauseitnecessitatedanexpenditurebeyondhermeans,andbesidesinherheartshepreferredthefirstcircle.ButsincehervisittoMoscowshehaddonequitethecontrary.

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