Anna Karenina

Main Ideas

• Critique of aristocratic society, highlighting its moral decay
• Exploration of the impact of public opinion and prejudices on personal destinies
• The dilemma of choosing between personal happiness and societal norms
• Various aspects of love, including the passionate and destructive side of emotions
• The search for the meaning of life, spiritual self-improvement, and the religious quests of the main characters
• Conflict between urban and rural life, idealization of labor on the land