Anna's Suicide at the Train Station

From Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anna's suicide under the wheels of a freight train at Obiralovka station, one of literature's most famous death scenes, marked by her final stream-of-consciousness.
Part 7, Chapter 30

Anna's interior monologue in the carriage on the way to the station: a corrosive view of all human relations as based on hatred.

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Part 7, Chapter 31
And the light by which she had read the book filled with troubles, falsehoods, sorrow, and evil, flared up more brightly than ever before... and went out forever.
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Part 7, Chapter 31

Her final prayer: "Lord, forgive me everything!" as she throws herself between the wheels.

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