"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." So begins Leo Tolstoy's magnificent Anna Karenina, a novel that plunges into the heart of human passion and societal hypocrisy. This episode meticulously unpacks the intertwined destinies of the captivating Anna and her intense, forbidden love for Vronsky, juxtaposed against Levin's profound search for meaning in family and faith. Discover how Tolstoy dissects the complexities of love, marriage, morality, and the relentless pressures of 19th-century Russian society, revealing a timeless drama that continues to resonate with powerful insights into the human condition.
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