The Tolstoy Library

In which Levin, visiting Moscow with his old friend Stepan Arkadyevitch, finds himself uneasy amidst the city's refined dining habits and social bustle, reflecting on his own rustic simplicity and inn...

26 Mar 15min

In which the young and radiant Princess Kitty Shtcherbatskaya navigates the fragile prospects of society’s affections and the differing hopes of her parents amidst the suitors who vie for her hand, re...

26 Mar 10min

In which Levin visits his half-brother in Moscow and unexpectedly finds himself amidst a heated philosophical debate on the nature of existence and the relationship between sensation and consciousness...

25 Mar 4min

In which Levin ventures to the bustling, frost-freshened Zoological Gardens, where the skaters and the shining birches form a backdrop to a tender and trembling encounter with Kitty, whose presence tr...

25 Mar 14min

In which Levin visits his elder brother Sergey Ivanovitch and contemplates the discord within their family, especially concerning their lost half-brother Nikolay, whose troubled path casts a heavy sha...

25 Mar 5min

In which Konstantin Levin visits Moscow harbouring a heartfelt and somewhat shy resolve regarding a matter of the heart connected to the Shtcherbatsky family, whose refined and noble domestic life he ...

24 Mar 7min

In which the delicate threads of domestic affection are painfully strained as Darya Alexandrovna faces the torment of her husband’s betrayal, caught between despair and maternal duty, her heart a turb...

24 Mar 12min

In which the amiable and well-connected Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky presides over a government board in Moscow, revealing both the privileges and the indifference entailed in his official duties, as ...

24 Mar 18min