Just how does Tolstoy manage to know everything about everyone? And, considering this, why was he so dopey about his own life?
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Great Moments In Literature No. 1
Making wonderfully slow, plodding progress on this reading of Anna Karenina. Just passed the bit near the opening of Part 2 when Tolstoy tells us what Laska, Levin's dog, is thinking as Levin and Oblonsky take their minds off their hunting for a moment as the sticky subject of Levin's proposal to Kitty is raised. Marvelously goofy stuff - almost childish. Fortunately my memory's so bad I completely forgot it was coming and laughed out loud, just as I did the last time I read the book.
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