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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Tolstoy, Leo
Tolstoy, Leo
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Anna Karenina: Part Two
Chapters 1 Through 9
Two months later Kitty's health becomes a family problem. After the
family doctor had tried the usual remedies of cod liver oil and iron, a
specialist, who was celebrated among the princess' set, is called in. Since he
is still a young man, Kitty finds his examinations distasteful. Her father,
who had little faith in doctors, listens to the medical discussions with
contempt; the doctor has difficulty coming down to the level of the
intelligence of this "old fool of a nobleman." The specialist, on a tip from
the ...
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