Emna El Mokhtar asked this question about Anna Karenina:
am i the only one who felt like Tolstoy was portraying himself through Levin ? and that, well, Levin is the principle character of the book ?
Felipe No, if you read Tolstoi's wiki page it's blatant that Lievin is a self-insert. Anna Karenina is about all of its characters but mostly Anna and Lievin…moreNo, if you read Tolstoi's wiki page it's blatant that Lievin is a self-insert. Anna Karenina is about all of its characters but mostly Anna and Lievin. The ending of the book I'd argue marks the contrast between both characters [spoiler] Anna's life ends and Lievin's life begins through his renewed relationship with his own faith(less)
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