Epigraph
Tolstoy's chosen verse from Romans 12:19 / Deuteronomy 32:35.
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From Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The biblical epigraph has spawned a vast critical debate: does Tolstoy condemn Anna, condemn the society that judges her, or reserve judgment to God alone?
Part 7, Chapter 31
Anna's death is framed not as moral punishment but as her own self-judgment; readers debate whether God or society is the avenger.
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