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Ep 27 - Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)

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The End of Anna Karanana

Anna Karanana ends like life with a bit of a non-ending. You can almost see the continuing of Leven's marriage, his life. If there was an Anna Krennan in part two, you bet it would be amazing. It would be, but I'm glad it's not. Because that's the art, they are of leaving things out. Is the art of subtext, is it ellipses? Hemingway does this well, Shakespeare does this well. Tolstoy tells us everything about everybody, but he also leaves a lot out. Let's compare them together. So if you've got the Penguin edition, Pivy and Volkons

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