http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/anna-karenina Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:14:29 -0400 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:14:29 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/930/the-power-of-the-happy-family-in-tolstoys-anna-karenina By Jessica N. Laird - Although the novel is mainly about unhappy families, Tolstoy makes the story of the one happy family, Ekaterina Scherbatsky (Kitty) and Konstantin Levin (Kostya), just as interesting as the others. Although every other relationship seems to tear apart its members, Kitty and Kostya stand out because their love makes them stronger. Nikolai Levin, Kostya’s brother, has the primary importance of illustrating how their relationship allows them to cope with issues that they cannot deal with on their own. We see the very qualities that make them unable to handle his illness by themselves turned... Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:44 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/930/the-power-of-the-happy-family-in-tolstoys-anna-karenina