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The Book Club: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy with Inez Stepman

The Book Club

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Anna and Vronsky's Affair

Anna and Vronsky are just more honest about their affairs than many of the other characters. But even honesty as separated from virtue is actually their undoing, right? They try to find a society in which they'll be accepted. By the end she cannot love herself, which is why she commits suicide. She makes herself repellent to everyone around her.

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