Kitty, Dolly, and Motherhood

From Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The novel's positive vision of family centers on Dolly's exhausted but loving motherhood and Kitty's transformation through marriage and childbirth.
Part 6, Chapter 16

Dolly's reverie on her ride to Vozdvizhenskoye, reflecting on the burdens and meaning of motherhood.

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Part 7, Chapter 14-15

Birth of Levin and Kitty's son Mitya; Levin's complicated feelings on becoming a father.

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