Chapter 131
The Unstructured Idyll
Vronsky and Anna had been traveling for three months together in Europe. They had visited Venice, Rome, and Naples, and had just arrived at a small Italian town where they meant to stay some time. A handsome head waiter, with thick pomaded hair parted from the neck upwards, an evening coat, a broad white cambric shirt front, and a bunch of trinkets hanging above his rounded stomach, stood with his hands in the full curve of his pockets, looking contemptuously from under his eyelids while he gave some frigid reply to a gentleman who had stopped him. Catching the sound…
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Critical Thinking Exercise
Map the Italian Setup
List what Anna and Vronsky have (travel, love, palazzo) and what each still seeks (Vronsky: diversion, work; Anna: open home). Note where painting enters.
Consider:
- •Include Golenishtchev's role
- •Include proper view
- •Include atelier announcement
Journaling Prompt
Write about a time escape felt incomplete until you added structure.
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