Leo Tolstoy’s novel “Anna Karenina,” published in installments in the magazine “Russian Messenger” (1875–1877), explores both personal and social relationships of people of his era. The work is recognized as one of the peaks of Russian literature. Tolstoy contrasts the calm family life of Konstantin Levin and Kitty Shcherbatskaya with the dramatic experiences and problems arising from a forbidden love between Alexei Vronsky and Anna Karenina. Earlier versions of the book carried the title “Two Marriages.” The novel consists of eight parts with different numbers of chapters: the first part includes 34 chapters, the second—35, the third—32, the fourth—23, the fifth—33, the sixth—32, the seventh—31, and the eighth—19.