This novel's title character convinces her sister-in-law Dolly to forgive her brother Stiva for cheating on her, but then has a destructive affair with Count Vronsky that drives her to throw herself under a train.
In this novel, an artist gets annoyed when people say that he has excellent technique. One character in this novel asks a question about mushrooms instead of making a marriage proposal, and that character's half-brother successfully proposes by using chalk to write acronyms. Its only named chapter is "Death," in which Nikolai dies from consumption. Makhotin and Gladiator win a steeplechase event in this novel at which the mare Frou-Frou breaks her back. In this novel, a man who has a spiritual awakening after a thunderstorm, Konstantin Levin, is married to Kitty. This novel's title character convinces her sister-in-law Dolly to forgive her brother Stiva for cheating on her, but then has a destructive affair with Count Vronsky that drives her to throw herself under a train. For 10 points, name this Leo Tolstoy novel.
In this novel, an artist gets annoyed when people say that he has excellent technique.
Anna Karenina