HOW THEY DEAL WITH THOSE CAN DETERMINE HOW WELL, OR NOT, THE FAMILY GETS ALONG. What do you think Tolstoy means by this? ALL FAMILIES HAVE THEIR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. The first line of Anna Karenina, "Happy families are all alike every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," can be interpreted a number of ways. I FOUND MYSELF SKIMMING OVER THOSE SECTIONS WITH BARELY A GLANCE AT THE WORDS UNTIL I GOT TO REAL MEAT, THE HEART OF THE STORY-ESPECIALLY THE PARTS THAT CONCERN ANNA AND VRONSKY.ΔΆ. I, FOR ONE, WOULD HAVE LIKED IT BETTER IF ALL THE "FLUFF" HAD BEEN LEFT OUT. Henry James called Tolstoy's works "baggy monsters." In response, Tolstoy wrote of Anna Karenina "I am very proud of its architecture-its vaults are joined so that one cannot even notice where the keystone is." What do you make of Tolstoy's use of detail? Does it make for a more "realistic" novel? IT MAKES FOR A VERY LONG, VERY COMPLICATED NOVEL. When Anna Karenina was published, critics accused Tolstoy of writing a novel with too many characters, too complex a story line, and too many details.
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