Анна Каренина

Chapter 21

           InallPetersburgtherewasnotahumanbeingtowhomhecouldexpresswhathewasfeeling,whowouldfeelforhim,notasahighofficial,notasamemberofsociety,butsimplyasasufferingman;indeedhehadnotsuchaoneinthewholeworld.

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchgrewupanorphan.Thereweretwobrothers.Theydidnotremembertheirfather,andtheirmotherdiedwhenAlexeyAlexandrovitchwastenyearsold.Thepropertywasasmallone.Theiruncle,Karenin,agovernmentofficialofhighstanding,atonetimeafavoriteofthelateTsar,hadbroughtthemup.

           Oncompletinghishighschoolanduniversitycourseswithmedals,AlexeyAlexandrovitchhad,withhisuncle’said,immediatelystartedinaprominentpositionintheservice,andfromthattimeforwardhehaddevotedhimselfexclusivelytopoliticalambition.Inthehighschoolandtheuniversity,andafterwardsintheservice,AlexeyAlexandrovitchhadneverformedaclosefriendshipwithanyone.Hisbrotherhadbeenthepersonnearesttohisheart,buthehadapostintheMinistryofForeignAffairs,andwasalwaysabroad,wherehehaddiedshortlyafterAlexeyAlexandrovitch’smarriage.

           Whilehewasgovernorofaprovince,Anna’saunt,awealthyprovinciallady,hadthrownhimmiddle-agedashewas,thoughyoungforagovernorwithherniece,andhadsucceededinputtinghiminsuchapositionthathehadeithertodeclarehimselfortoleavethetown.AlexeyAlexandrovitchwasnotlonginhesitation.

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