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The opening sentence of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, “Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is…

Oblonsky’s wife discovers his affair with the French governess formerly employed in the household. An English governess, kitchen maid or socialite does not identify the…

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The opening sentence of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, “Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The specific cause of the unhappiness in Oblonsky’s house was the husband’s affair with :

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Oblonsky’s wife discovers his affair with the French governess formerly employed in the household. An English governess, kitchen maid or socialite does not identify the person specified in the opening crisis.

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