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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Tolstoy, Leo

Tolstoy, Leo
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Character Analyses and Critical Commentary

Character Analyses

It has been said that there are no minor characters in Anna Karenina.
Many people enter into the story and Tolstoy, like Adam, gave them all-at
least most-names. Each comes to life as a result of some tell-tale
characteristic that distinguishes him from the lass of people who mingle in
the streets of St. Petersburg or travel over the countryside. The paths of
some cross those of others. It is out of these confluxes that Tolstoy has
woven his story. There are six people whose journeys cross and ...

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