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The Opening Paragraphs of 
Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
(Translated by Constance Garnett)
Answer Key for Level 5
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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 {in  the same house} {with him}.] / This position {of affairs} had

now lasted three days (NuA), / and not only the husband and wife

themselves (Appositive to "husband" and "wife"), 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 together},] and [that the stray people brought together {by 

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

they, the members (Appositive to "they") {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 

her to look out for a new situation {for her};  / the man-cook had 

walked off the day (NuA) {before} just {at dinner-time};   the 

kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.

     Three days (NuA) {after the quarrel}, Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch

Oblonsky -- Stiva (Appositive to "Prince ... Oblonsky"), [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
+ Eight Other 6 100

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