Part 1, Chapter 2
Stiva's unrepentant attitude toward his affair: he was only sorry he hadn't concealed it better.
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From Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The novel sets multiple marriages in contrast: Anna-Karenin, Anna-Vronsky, Stiva-Dolly, and Levin-Kitty, exploring the social and spiritual costs of infidelity.
Part 1, Chapter 4
Dolly's anguished confrontation of Stiva sets the moral counterweight to Anna's later affair.
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Dolly visits Anna at Vronsky's estate; her reflections on her own marriage and Anna's situation.
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