Levin's Crisis of Faith

From Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Levin's near-suicidal despair and subsequent spiritual conversion form the novel's positive counterpoint to Anna's destruction.
Part 8, Chapter 9

Levin admits he hides ropes and guns from himself for fear of suicide, so urgently does he need to find meaning.

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Part 8, Chapter 12

The peasant Fyodor's remark about Platon living "for his soul, for God" gives Levin his revelation.

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