Анна Кареніна

Chapter 6

           ButwhenearlyinthewinterofthisyearLevincametoMoscow,afterayearinthecountry,andsawtheShtcherbatskys,herealizedwhichofthethreesistershewasindeeddestinedtolove.

           Onewouldhavethoughtthatnothingcouldbesimplerthanforhim,amanofgoodfamily,ratherrichthanpoor,andthirty-twoyearsold,tomaketheyoungPrincessShtcherbatskayaanofferofmarriage;inalllikelihoodhewouldatoncehavebeenlookeduponasagoodmatch.ButLevinwasinlove,andsoitseemedtohimthatKittywassoperfectineveryrespectthatshewasacreaturefaraboveeverythingearthly;andthathewasacreaturesolowandsoearthlythatitcouldnotevenbeconceivedthatotherpeopleandsheherselfcouldregardhimasworthyofher.

           AfterspendingtwomonthsinMoscowinastateofenchantment,seeingKittyalmosteverydayinsociety,intowhichhewentsoastomeether,heabruptlydecidedthatitcouldnotbe,andwentbacktothecountry.

           Levin’sconvictionthatitcouldnotbewasfoundedontheideathatintheeyesofherfamilyhewasadisadvantageousandworthlessmatchforthecharmingKitty,andthatKittyherselfcouldnotlovehim.Inherfamily’seyeshehadnoordinary,definitecareerandpositioninsociety,whilehiscontemporariesbythistime,whenhewasthirty-two,werealready,oneacolonel,andanotheraprofessor,anotherdirectorofabankandrailways,orpresidentofaboardlikeOblonsky.

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