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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 ?
Nicholas Avedon Yes, it's pretty obvious, but is quite common that a writer put some of his own life in "minor" characters, like Vronski. Tolstoi served in the army a…moreYes, it's pretty obvious, but is quite common that a writer put some of his own life in "minor" characters, like Vronski. Tolstoi served in the army and had a "disoluted" life in his first years at university... (less)
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Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
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