Анна Кареніна

Chapter 1

           Moreover,althoughhehadlivedsolongintheclosestrelationswiththepeasants,asfarmerandarbitrator,andwhatwasmore,asadviser(thepeasantstrustedhim,andforthirtymilesroundtheywouldcometoaskhisadvice),hehadnodefiniteviewsof“thepeople,”andwouldhavebeenasmuchatalosstoanswerthequestionwhetherheknew“thepeople”asthequestionwhetherhelikedthem.Forhimtosayheknewthepeasantrywouldhavebeenthesameastosayheknewmen.Hewascontinuallywatchingandgettingtoknowpeopleofallsorts,andamongthempeasants,whomheregardedasgoodandinterestingpeople,andhewascontinuallyobservingnewpointsinthem,alteringhisformerviewsofthemandformingnewones.WithSergeyIvanovitchitwasquitethecontrary.Justashelikedandpraisedacountrylifeincomparisonwiththelifehedidnotlike,sotoohelikedthepeasantryincontradistinctiontotheclassofmenhedidnotlike,andsotooheknewthepeasantryassomethingdistinctfromandopposedtomengenerally.Inhismethodicalbrainthereweredistinctlyformulatedcertainaspectsofpeasantlife,deducedpartlyfromthatlifeitself,butchieflyfromcontrastwithothermodesoflife.Heneverchangedhisopinionofthepeasantryandhissympatheticattitudetowardsthem.

           Inthediscussionsthatarosebetweenthebrothersontheirviewsofthepeasantry,SergeyIvanovitchalwaysgotthebetterofhisbrother,preciselybecauseSergeyIvanovitchhaddefiniteideasaboutthepeasanthischaracter,hisqualities,andhistastes.

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