"clear reference to Mikhail Bulgakov's ""The Master and Margarita"". A more subtle allusion exists to Leo Tolstoy's ""Anna Karenina"", as the novel ""The Winter Queen"" starts with a suicide in 1876, exactly the same year in which Anna throws herself under a train. Another allusion to Anna Karenina can be found in ""The Jack of Spades"", where Fandorin's current girlfriend, who is married to another man, has the same patronymic (Arkadievna) as Anna Karenina herself. In ""Murder on the Leviathan"", one of the newspaper fragments is signed by G. du Roy, an allusion to the journalist Georges Duroy from Guy"
"Railway. Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast Zheleznodorozhny () was a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. It was abolished and merged into the city of Balashikha in January 2015. Population: Founded in 1861 to service the railway station of Obiralovka (), the settlement became famous as the location where the main character of Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel ""Anna Karenina"" committed suicide. It was renamed Zheleznodorozhny (Russian for ""by the railway"") in 1939 and granted town status in 1952. In the 1960s the settlements of Kuchino (), Savvino (), Temnikovo (), and Sergeyevka () became part of Zheleznodorozhny. Kuchino is"
"Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast Zheleznodorozhny () was a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. It was abolished and merged into the city of Balashikha in January 2015. Population: Founded in 1861 to service the railway station of Obiralovka (), the settlement became famous as the location where the main character of Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel ""Anna Karenina"" committed suicide. It was renamed Zheleznodorozhny (Russian for ""by the railway"") in 1939 and granted town status in 1952. In the 1960s the settlements of Kuchino (), Savvino (), Temnikovo (), and Sergeyevka () became part of Zheleznodorozhny. Kuchino is historically"
"Anna believes the relationship is over. She starts to think of suicide as an escape from her torments. In her mental and emotional confusion, she sends a telegram to Vronsky asking him to come home to her, and then pays a visit to Dolly and Kitty. Anna's confusion and anger overcome her and, in a parallel to the railway worker's accidental death in Part 1, she commits suicide by throwing herself under the carriage of a passing train. Sergei Ivanovich's (Levin's brother) latest book is ignored by readers and critics and he joins the new pan-Slavic movement. Stiva gets the"
"coldly grants. Karenin, being magnanimous, allows Vronsky the notion that he may visit Anna if she calls for him. Embarrassed by the scandal, Vronsky tries to shoot himself, but fails. Anna tries again to live with Karenin, but cannot get Vronsky out of her head. She leaves Karenin for good, abandoning her child to live in Italy with Vronsky. But her doubts over Vronsky's feelings for her grow, and she eventually pushes him away. Realizing that she has lost everything, Anna walks onto the railway tracks and commits suicide by letting the train hit her. This was the film debut"
"in the Orthodox Church—or that the guilty party be discovered in the act of adultery. Karenin forces Anna to hand over some of Vronsky's love letters, which the lawyer deems insufficient as proof of the affair. Stiva and Dolly argue against Karenin's drive for a divorce. Karenin changes his plans after hearing that Anna is dying after the difficult birth of her daughter, Annie. At her bedside, Karenin forgives Vronsky. However, Vronsky, embarrassed by Karenin's magnanimity, unsuccessfully attempts suicide by shooting himself. As Anna recovers, she finds that she cannot bear living with Karenin despite his forgiveness and his attachment"
"Anna Karenina Anna Karenina () is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many authors consider ""Anna Karenina"" the greatest work of literature ever written, and Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical ""The Russian Messenger."" A complex novel in eight parts, with more than a dozen major characters, it is spread over more than 800 pages (depending on the translation), typically contained in two volumes. It deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Imperial Russian"
"and even paranoid due to her infidelity's suspicions which will lead eventually to her suicide. Anna Karenina (1915 film) Anna Karenina is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Betty Nansen. It was the first American adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The film is considered to be lost. Some scenes were shot on location at a ski resort near Montreal. Anna Karenina is a married aristocrat and socialite living in Saint Petersburg. She is living a torrid romance with a wealthy and young count, he loves her and is willing to marry"
"leaves her husband for Vronsky. Using her brother as an intermediary, Anna hopelessly begs her husband for a divorce. Karenin, under the poisonous influence of her friend the Countess Lydia Ivanovna, indignantly refuses to divorce and denies Anna any access to Seriozha. Distraught by the loss of her son, Anna grows severely depressed and self-medicates with laudanum. Before long, she is hopelessly addicted. With Vronsky she has another child, but he is also torn between his love to Anna and the temptation of a respectable marriage in the eyes of society. Anna becomes certain that Vronsky is about to leave"
"has been adapted into various media including opera, film, television, ballet, and radio drama. The first film adaptation was released in 1911 but has not survived. Anna Karenina Anna Karenina () is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many authors consider ""Anna Karenina"" the greatest work of literature ever written, and Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical ""The Russian Messenger."" A complex novel in eight parts, with more than a dozen major characters, it is"
"and having to leave Vronsky, she commits suicide by leaping in front of a train. This variant follows the original work of Leo Tolstoy. For three years, the lovers do not see each other but Vronsky searches frantically for Anna. By chance, he reads in a newspaper that Anna's son is at the Military Academy in St. Petersburg and visits him, learning that Karenin has died and that Anna visits her son daily. They meet and are reunited. Love (1927 American film) Love (1927) is a silent film directed by Edmund Goulding and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM made the film"
"Anna demonstrates publicly her excessive interest in Vronsky's safety, she visits Vronsky in his rooms to see that he is all right and is cast off by her husband. Anna and Vronsky go off to Italy together. After a while, Anna suffers because she left her son, so Vronsky takes her back to Russia. She visits her son, who had been told she was dead, to bring him presents on his birthday, but is discovered with him by Karenin and barred from the house permanently, He tells her that her son will forget her, as he has done once already,"
"her and marry a younger woman. She travels to the railway station and commits suicide by jumping in front of a train. Vronsky is emotionally devastated by her death and volunteers for a 'suicide mission' in the Balkan war. While travelling to join his regiment, he encounters Konstantin Levin at the train station. Levin has married Vronsky's former (and unrequited) sweetheart, Princess ""Kitty"" Shcherbatsky. Levin attempts to persuade Vronsky of the value of life. Vronsky, however, is now despondent, and can only speak of how Anna's body looked at the railway station when he arrived to see her. They separate,"
"child. Dolly says that Stiva's behavior has not changed, but she has come to accept and love him. Vronsky informs Anna that he has to meet his mother to settle some accounts. Anna becomes upset when Princess Sorokina gives Vronsky a ride, as she believes Countess Vronskaya wants Vronsky to marry Sorokina. Anna decides to leave St. Petersburg and return to Vronsky's country estate. On the train, she has hallucinations of Vronsky and Princess Sorokina making love and laughing at her. Arriving at Moscow station, Anna says to herself, ""Oh God... "" and jumps under an oncoming train that kills"
"Anna's house, three months later Scene 2: Levin's estate and Italy Scene 3: A villa in Rome Scene 4: Kitty's house Scene 5: A hotel in Moscow Scene 6: Karenin's house Scene 7: St. Petersburg Train Station Anna Karenina (musical) Anna Karenina is a musical with a book and lyrics by Peter Kellogg and music by Daniel Levine. Based on the classic Leo Tolstoy novel of the same name, it focuses on the tragic title character, a fashionable but unhappily married woman, and her ill-fated liaison with Count Vronsky, which ultimately leads to her downfall. Directed by Theodore Mann, the"
"Anna Karenina (musical) Anna Karenina is a musical with a book and lyrics by Peter Kellogg and music by Daniel Levine. Based on the classic Leo Tolstoy novel of the same name, it focuses on the tragic title character, a fashionable but unhappily married woman, and her ill-fated liaison with Count Vronsky, which ultimately leads to her downfall. Directed by Theodore Mann, the Broadway production opened on August 26, 1992 at the Circle in the Square Theatre and ran for 46 performances. The cast included Ann Crumb in the title role and John Cunningham as Nicolai Karenin. In 1870s Russia,"
"Anna Karenina (2012 film) Anna Karenina is a 2012 British historical romantic drama film directed by Joe Wright. Adapted by Tom Stoppard from Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name, and remake of the 1985 film of the same name. The film depicts the tragedy of Russian aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina, wife of senior statesman Alexei Karenin, and her affair with the affluent officer Count Vronsky which leads to her ultimate demise. Keira Knightley stars in the lead role as Karenina, marking her third collaboration with Wright following both ""Pride & Prejudice"" (2005) and ""Atonement"" (2007), while Jude"
"Anna Karenina is a virtuous woman married to a government official 15 years older than she. Anna falls in love with the handsome and charming Count Alexis Vronsky, but she is torn by her loyalty to her husband and small son. Meanwhile, Vronsky had first courted Ekaterina ""Kitty"" Alexandrovna Shcherbatsky, who chose him over gentleman farmer Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin. When Vronsky falls in love with Anna instead, Kitty becomes ill, and Levin, heartsick, withdraws to his country estate. Kitty and Levin finally declare their love for each other. Anna's choice of love over duty leads to tragedy: Her affair with"
"army made an attempt to blow up the convent, but the nuns managed to save the cloister from destruction. In Tolstoy's ""War and Peace"", Pierre was to be executed under the convent walls. In another novel of his, ""Anna Karenina"", Konstantin Lyovin (a main character) meets his future wife Kitty ice-skating near the monastery walls. Indeed, the Maiden's Field (as a meadow in front of the convent came to be known) was the most popular skating-rink in 19th-century Moscow. Tolstoy himself enjoyed skating here when he lived nearby, in the district of Khamovniki. In 1871, the Filatyev brothers donated money"
"Petersburg, Vronsky makes it known to society that he is the companion of Anna – a notion she does nothing to stop. Soon, society is whispering about the affair, and it's only a matter of time before Karenin learns of the relationship. Outwardly more worried about his social and political position than his wife's passion, he orders her to break off with Vronsky or risk losing her son. She tries, but cannot tear herself away from Vronsky. Leaving Karenin, Anna becomes pregnant with Vronsky's child. Almost dying in childbirth (the child is stillborn), Anna begs Karenin for forgiveness, which he"
"they find evidence that Zina was killed and stowed on board in one of the lockers. Arkady also finds indications that the Americans were deceiving Hess by transmitting the acoustic signatures of numerous other decommissioned American vessels. Karp kills the killer, scaring off the Americans and allowing him and Renko to escape. After a final foiled attempt to finish Arkady off, Karp finally decides, with draconian Russian justice awaiting him back home, to drown himself in the icy water. When the ""Polar Star"" returns to Vladivostok, Arkady says farewell to Susan and his fellow crewmen, suddenly finding himself in the"
"in love with them, which eventually led to his tragic riding accident, 10 years later, falling from a horse and being paralyzed in 1995. Anna Karenina (1985 film) Anna Karenina is a 1985 American made-for-television romantic drama film based on the famous Leo Tolstoy novel ""Anna Karenina"" starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve and directed by Simon Langton. The film was broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1985. Tragic Anna Karenina (; ) leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. The unfortunate series of events leave her hopelessly depressed. This 1985 TV movie version starred:"
"in works such as ""Either/Or"" and ""Stages on Life's Way"": In ""How to Make Good Decisions and Be Right All the Time"", British writer Iain King tried to establish rules for romance applicable across most cultures. He concluded on six rules, including: The ""tragic"" contradiction between romance and society is most forcibly portrayed in literature, in Tolstoy's ""Anna Karenina"", in Flaubert's ""Madame Bovary"", and William Shakespeare's ""Romeo and Juliet"". The female protagonists in such stories are driven to suicide as if dying for a cause of freedom from various oppressions of marriage. Even after sexual revolutions, on the other hand,"
"is true. Anna visits Seryozha uninvited on his ninth birthday but is discovered by Karenin. Anna, desperate to regain at least some of her former position in society, attends a show at the theatre at which all of St. Petersburg's high society are present. Vronsky begs her not to go, but he is unable to bring himself to explain to her why she cannot attend. At the theatre, Anna is openly snubbed by her former friends, one of whom makes a deliberate scene and leaves the theatre. Anna is devastated. Unable to find a place for themselves in St. Petersburg,"
"a freer press, the awakening of public opinion, the Pan-Slavism movement, the woman question, volunteering to aid Serbia in its military conflict with the Ottoman Empire in 1876 etc. These contemporary developments are hotly debated by the characters in the novel. The suburban railway station of Obiralovka, where one of the characters commits suicide, is now known as the town of Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast. Writing in the year 2000, academic Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit compares the different translations of ""Anna Karenina"" on the market. Commenting on the revision of Constance Garnett's 1901 translation she says: ""The revision (1965) ... by Kent &"
"come with her. Martha says it's impossible for them to live comfortably again and eventually admits her feelings for Karen. Karen responds dismissively, saying that they never felt this way for each other. Martha continues, but Karen tells Martha that she is tired and they can talk about it in the morning. As Karen sits in her room, she hears a shot. Martha has killed herself. Shortly after, Amelia Tilford arrives to beg Karen's forgiveness, since Mary's lies have now been uncovered. Karen explains to her that it is too late: Mary's lies, together with the community's willingness to believe"
"Anna Karenina (1985 film) Anna Karenina is a 1985 American made-for-television romantic drama film based on the famous Leo Tolstoy novel ""Anna Karenina"" starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve and directed by Simon Langton. The film was broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1985. Tragic Anna Karenina (; ) leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. The unfortunate series of events leave her hopelessly depressed. This 1985 TV movie version starred: Actor Christopher Reeve, according to his autobiography ""Still Me"", claimed that while making this movie he learned how to ride a horse, then fell"
"marry Anna if she will agree to leave her husband Count Karenin, a senior government official, but she is vulnerable to the pressures of Russian social norms, the moral laws of the Russian Orthodox Church, her own insecurities, and Karenin's indecision. Although Vronsky and Anna go to Italy, where they can be together, they have trouble making friends. Back in Russia, she is shunned, becoming further isolated and anxious, while Vronsky pursues his social life. Despite Vronsky's reassurances, she grows increasingly possessive and paranoid about his imagined infidelity, fearing loss of control. A parallel story within the novel is that"
"of the events and thoughts leading him to what he calls his 'final conviction': that suicide is the only possible way to affirm his will in the face of nature's invincible laws, and that consequently he will be shooting himself at sunrise. The reading drags on for over an hour and by its end the sun has risen. Most of his audience, however, are bored and resentful, apparently not at all concerned that he is about to shoot himself. Only Vera, Kolya, Burdovsky and Keller seek to restrain him. He distracts them by pretending to abandon the plan, then suddenly"
"is powerfully attracted. Late in the novel, Hélène forsakes the Russian Orthodox Church and adopts Catholicism, believing a large donation to the church will lead the pope to annul her union with Pierre so she can remarry. Soon afterward, Hélène falls ill due to a pregnancy and dies; it is implied that she died from a drug overdose in an attempted abortion. Hélène Kuragina Princess Yelena ""Hélène"" Vasilyevna Kuragina () is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel ""War and Peace"" and its various cinematic adaptations. She is played by Anita Ekberg in the 1956 film, by Amber Gray in"
"him to confess to a non-existent affair), but Karenin's decisions are now governed by a French ""clairvoyant"" recommended by Lidia Ivanovna. The clairvoyant apparently had a vision in his sleep during Stiva's visit and gives Karenin a cryptic message that he interprets in a way such that he must decline the request for divorce. Anna becomes increasingly jealous and irrational towards Vronsky, whom she suspects of having love affairs with other women. She is also convinced that he will give in to his mother's plans to marry him off to a rich society woman. They have a bitter row and"
"too late. Anna locks herself in her apartment, convinced Alfredo is trying to get her. Anna's psychologist, concerned about her deteriorating mental state, comes to visit her. While he is there, Marco calls to notify her that Alfredo's body has in fact been found. This leads to the psychologist realizing the truth, and he confronts Anna with the reality that she herself is Marie's murderer. Marco arrives at Anna's apartment, only to find that she has killed her psychologist as well. As he attempts to take Anna's gun from her, she claims that Alfredo is now inside her, ordering her"
"collapse has never been, and presumably never will be, satisfactorily explained."" One question some scholars have asked is whether the symphony had an autobiographical element that gave its failure a more personal dimension. According to many sources, the original manuscript, now lost, carried a dedication to ""A. L."" plus the epigraph to Leo Tolstoy's novel ""Anna Karenina"", ""Vengeance is mine; I will repay."" A. L. was Anna Lodyzhenskaya, the beautiful Gypsy wife of his friend Peter Lodyzhensky. He had also dedicated the ""Caprice Bohémien"" to her. Whether Rachmaninoff's regard for her was merely infatuation or something more serious cannot be"