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The Opening Paragraphs of 
Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
(Translated by Constance Garnett)
Answer Key for Level 4
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     Happy families are all alike; / every unhappy family

is unhappy {in its own way}. /

     Everything was {in confusion} {in the Oblonskys' house}. / The 

wife had discovered [that the husband was carrying on an intrigue 

{with a French girl}, [who had been a governess {in their family}]] /

and she had announced {to her husband} [that she could not go on 

living (Gerund - DO of "could go on") {in  the same house} {with 

him}.] / This position {of affairs} had now lasted three days, / and

not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members

{of their family and household}, were painfully conscious {of it}. /

Every person {in the house} felt [that there was no sense {in their

living (Gerund - Object of  "in") together},] and [that the stray

people brought (Gerundive to  "people") together {by chance}

{in any inn} had more {in common} {with one another} [than they,

the members {of the family and household} {of the Oblonskys}.]] / 

The wife did not leave her own room,the husband had not been

{at home} {for three days}. The children ran wild all {over the 

house};  / the English governess quarreled {with the housekeeper},

and wrote {to a friend} asking (Gerundive to  "governess")

her (IO of  "asking" & subject of  "to look out for") to look (Inf - 

DO of "asking") out for a new situation (DO of  ""to look out for")

{for her};  / the man-cook had walked off the day {before} just {at 

dinner-time};   the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given 

warning. /  

     Three days {after the quarrel}, Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch

Oblonsky -- Stiva, [as he was called {in the fashionable world}] -- 

woke up {at his usual hour}, [that is, {at eight o'clock} {in the

morning},] not {in his wife's bedroom,} but {on the leather-covered 

sofa} {in his study}. / He turned over his stout, well-cared-for person 

{on the springy sofa}, [as though he would sink {into a long sleep} 

again] / ; he vigorously embraced the pillow {on the other side} and

buried his face {in it}; / but all {at once} he jumped up, sat up {on the

sofa}, and opened his eyes.
 

Project Gutenberg
nkrnn10.zip

 
Progress
Total Words = 308 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  127  41
L1: + Adj & Adverbs 62 61
+ L2: S / V / C 94 92
+ L3: Clauses 13 96
+ L4: Verbals 6 98

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