The world of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is a world ruled by chance. ... Three of the novel's characters, Stephen Oblonsky, Constatine Levin, and Anna Karenina, all in some way connected to the Shcherbatsky family, serve to illustrate the various ways that Tolstoy's individual can be, or fail to be, "good," the various ways in which a character can be moral, immoral or amoral through the use of thought, or reason, to create necessity outside of the confused demands of a chaotic reality. Tolstoy's world is indeed a servant to chance, and the plot depends so heavily on coincide...

• Word Count: 3117
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Graduate

BOOK REWIEW: A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin Portrait: Burton "Bud" Corliss is the murderer and main character in the novel. ... He deserted his plans to read the copy of "Anna Karenina" he had brought and started to read comics too, but "only because it was impossible to concentrate". ...

• Word Count: 2110
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The major characteristics of a short story are considered in which we discuss about plot, conflict, characters, themes, tone, and personal value. ... Fortunately, he had his talent back and started writing Anna Karenina and took seven years of time to complete it. ...

• Word Count: 4087
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School