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"Living For The Soul": Dolly's Heroism In Anna Karenina, Mara Minion
"Living For The Soul": Dolly's Heroism In Anna Karenina, Mara Minion
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Most literary critics have either viewed Dolly Oblonsky in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (1877) as a somewhat pitiable character who, unlike Anna, submits to the oppressive patriarchal system, or they have neglected her as an insignificant minor character. I feel that such views are reductive and ignore Dolly’s personal strength compared with Anna’s weak character. Dolly’s heroism goes beyond her social, marital, and maternal status. Dolly “lives for the soul,” demonstrating personal and spiritual virtue (Tolstoy [1877] 794).
Gary Saul Morson is the most important critical voice on the subject of Dolly in Anna Karenina and in many ways the most …