XXX. And what of Tolstoy’s acquaintance, the landowner Bibikov and his Anna? Bibikov must have seen the same crushed body that Tolstoy saw, but he was not deflected from marrying the lover who had supplanted desperate Anna Pirogova. Vronsky certainly is a more romantic hero than the real-life Bibikov.
XXXI. Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 9, http://www.literatureproject.com/anna-karenina/anna_229.htm.
XXXII. Confession, 22–23.
XXXIII. Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12, http://www.literatureproject.com/anna-karenina/anna_232.htm.
XXXIV. Ibid.
XXXV. PSS 20: 639.
XXXVI. She spells Levin Liovin, which may have been how Tolstoy pronounced Levin. Susanne Fusso, Editing Turgenev, 201.
XXXVII. Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12, http://www.literatureproject.com/anna-karenina/anna_232.htm.
XXXVIII. Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 19, http://www.literatureproject.com/anna-karenina/anna_239.htm.
XXXIX. PSS 62: 332, letter of July 4–5, 1877.
XL. PSS 62: 333, letter of July 10, 1877.
XLI. PSS 62: 332, footnote 1.
XLII. PSS 83: 240.
XLIII. Christian, Tolstoy’s Letters, 306, August 10–11, 1877.
XLIV. Tolstaya, My Life, 237.
XLV. Donskov, L. N. Tolstoy – N. N. Strakhov, 353.
XLVI. PSS 62: 337, letter of August 15–16, 1877.
XLVIII. Donskov, L. N. Tolstoy – N. N. Strakhov, 359, August 25, 1877.
XLIX. Donskov, L. N. Tolstoy – N. N. Strakhov, 364, September 8, 1877.
L. Gusev, Materials, 320–321.
LI. PSS 62: 343, letter of September 22–23, 1877.
LII. PSS 62: 344, footnote 4.
LIII. PSS 62: 344, footnote 5.
LIV. PSS 83: 241, letter of September 28, 1877.
LV. Christian, Tolstoy’s Letters, 307, October 19, 1877.
LVI. PSS 62: 347, letter of November 6, 1877.
LVII. Christian, Tolstoy’s Letters, 308, November 6, 1877.
LVIII. Tolstaya, My Life, 241.
LIX. Ibid.
LX. Donskov, L. N. Tolstoy – N. N. Strakhov, 376.
LXI. PSS 62: 350.
LXII. On November 16, 1877.
LXIII. PSS 62: 351–352, letter of November 23–24, 1877.
LXV. Tolstaya, My Life, 242.
LXVI. PSS 62: 356, letter of December 10, 1877.
LXVII. PSS 62: 358, letter of December 10, 1877.
LXVIII. PSS 62: 362, letter of December 20–23, 1877.
LXIX. Donskov, L. N. Tolstoy – N. N. Strakhov, 387–388, December 24–27, 1877.
LXX. Eikhenbaum, Tolstoi in the Seventies, 142.
LXXI. PSS 62: 355.
LXXII. Tolstaya, My Life, 243.
LXXIII. Christian, Tolstoy’s Letters, 310, January 3, 1878.
LXXIV. Anna Karenina book cover, 1878, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina#/media/File:AnnaKareninaTitle.jpg; accessed July 27, 2017.
LXXV. Tolstaya, My Life, 235.
LXXVI. “History of the Tolstoy Family.” Google Arts & Culture, accessed July 27, 2017, https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/7QJSm-9ITJOWKA.
LXXVII. Christian, Tolstoy’s Letters, 311, January 27, 1878.
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