Anna's Childbirth and Karenin's Forgiveness

From Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anna nearly dies giving birth to Vronsky's daughter; Karenin experiences a Christian conversion and forgives both Anna and Vronsky, who attempts suicide.
Part 4, Chapter 17

Anna's delirium and Karenin's tearful forgiveness: "a blissful spiritual condition... the joy of forgiveness."

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Part 4, Chapter 18

Vronsky, humiliated by Karenin's magnanimity, shoots himself in the chest but survives.

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