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Tanya

The eldest daughter of Stepan and Dolly Oblonsky.

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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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See Tanya in part i i

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PSPrincess Shche…CLCountess Lidia…NDNikolay Dmitri…DADarya Alexandr…KSKitty Shcherba…TATanya

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Levin's Social & Family Circle
  • Karenin Household & Associates

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • 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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See Tanya in part i i