Part 3, Chapter 4
Levin loses himself in the rhythm of the scythe: "those moments of oblivion when it was not his arms that swung the scythe, but the scythe seemed to mow of itself."
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From Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Levin's day mowing alongside his peasants is one of the novel's most celebrated passages, articulating Tolstoy's ideal of labor, communion with the land, and self-forgetting.
Part 3, Chapter 5
After mowing, Levin contemplates the life of the peasants and questions his own existence.
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