Chapter 23

           

           TheCountessLidiaIvanovnahad,asaveryyoungandsentimentalgirl,beenmarriedtoawealthymanofhighrank,anextremelygood-natured,jovial,andextremelydissipatedrake.Twomonthsaftermarriageherhusbandabandonedher,andherimpassionedprotestationsofaffectionhemetwithasarcasmandevenhostilitythatpeopleknowingthecount’sgoodheart,andseeingnodefectsinthesentimentalLidia,wereatalosstoexplain.Thoughtheyweredivorcedandlivedapart,yetwheneverthehusbandmetthewife,heinvariablybehavedtoherwiththesamemalignantirony,thecauseofwhichwasincomprehensible.

           CountessLidiaIvanovnahadlonggivenupbeinginlovewithherhusband,butfromthattimeshehadnevergivenupbeinginlovewithsomeone.Shewasinlovewithseveralpeopleatonce,bothmenandwomen;shehadbeeninlovewithalmosteveryonewhohadbeenparticularlydistinguishedinanyway.Shewasinlovewithallthenewprincesandprincesseswhomarriedintotheimperialfamily;shehadbeeninlovewithahighdignitaryoftheChurch,avicar,andaparishpriest;shehadbeeninlovewithajournalist,threeSlavophiles,withKomissarov,withaminister,adoctor,anEnglishmissionaryandKarenin.Allthesepassionsconstantlywaningorgrowingmoreardent,didnotpreventherfromkeepingupthemostextendedandcomplicatedrelationswiththecourtandfashionablesociety.

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