Anna Karenina · Character
Tanya
The eldest daughter of Stepan and Dolly Oblonsky.
minor
First appearance: part i i
Tanya shows up with force in Chapter III. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The eldest daughter, perceptive of the tension between her parents, blushes for her father's pretended lightness.
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In Chapter III: The eldest daughter, perceptive of the tension between her parents, blushes for her father's pretended lightness. Later, in Anna and Dolly: A Conversation on Infidelity and Forgiveness: Runs into the…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Levin's Social & Family Circle
- Karenin Household & Associates
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Levin reaches an emotional and intellectual crisis where his abstract, fearful understanding of death is shatt…
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Tanya appears across 6 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- Chapter III
- Anna and Dolly: A Conversation on Infidelity and Forgiveness
- Anna at the Oblonskys'
- VIII
- Levin's Pride and Dolly's Misery
- Chapter XIV
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See Tanya in part i i