Settings

Author: Katee
**Settings**


 * ~ Setting ||~ Significance ||
 * Moscow ||  ||
 * St. Petersburg ||  ||
 * Levin's Estate ||  ||

Setting (place) · Places in Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Levin’s estate.

The setting of Anna Karenina shifts back and forth between the city and the countryside. Toltoy seemd to believe that the land was Russia's most precious assert and that country life was the truly Russian way of life. In the city, Tolstoy shows you a shallow, hypocritical drawing-room society. Episodes that contain the seeds of disaster, scenes of cruelty, and examples of self-delusion and deceit take place in the city. The people in this room talk about gossip of the city which gives the readers a negative feeling toward the city. Anna gives in to Vronsky's charms in the city, where the two get together. All the characters are affected negatively by city life. Anna and Vronsky have more arguments in the city than in the country. Scenes of quite different character occur in the country, where Levin, for example, creates a meaningful, enlightened life with his family and farm workers. In the country Levin seems to be more comfortable.