“Official activity”

A commission for “the inquiry into the condition of the native population in all its branches” has worked “with an unusual speed and energy” inspired by Aleksey Alexandrovich Karnenin.


Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, translated by Constance Garnett, revised by Leonard J. Kent and Nina Berberova (New York: Modern Library, 2000).

Also from this novel
“The turning point of summer” : Theory of dairy farming : Toothache : Anna meta : “Brainless beef!” : “He could not help observing this”