Haley answers “am i the only one who felt like Tolstoy...”

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 ?

Haley That's exactly how I felt. It was one of the things that made me like the book less, Levin's long preachy speeches were definitely a low point. (In my…moreThat's exactly how I felt. It was one of the things that made me like the book less, Levin's long preachy speeches were definitely a low point. (In my opinion) And I'm sure the reason they were so was because Tolstoy was writing himself. (less)

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