Anna Karenina Changed Her Mind and Is Running Away

The main message of the work: cross railway tracks only at designated places! As for the rest: Its absolutely clear where Anna Karenina is. The location of the steam locomotive, why its here, and precisely from this angle, is also clear. The demonic countenance of Leo Tolstoy (its no wonder the church once anathematized him) with his characteristic beard is quite recognizable. And the Counts hands—they are holding the entire work together, in every sense. The whereabouts of the beau monde, Dolly Oblonskaya, Betsy Tverskaya, Vronsky, Karenin, and other characters can also be discerned. And, of course, the Cheshire Cat. And the reflection of the Rabbit and the Little Girl in its eyes. ...has it never seemed to you that Anna Karenina bears some resemblance to Alice in Wonderland?

From the cycle «Dasha Weisbrem. Rereading Russian Classics».