In one of this novel’s lengthy digressions on farming, a character mows grass alongside peasants on the estate he owns. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this novel in which that character bemoans the cluelessness of urbanites that accompany him on a hunting trip. Another character in this novel changes his mind about proposing marriage while picking mushrooms.
ANSWER: Anna Karenina
[10e] This handsome count continues his affair with Anna Karenina in the countryside after her social exile.
ANSWER: Count Vronsky [or Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky]
[10h] Unusually, this elderly character in Anna Karenina gets a few paragraphs of stream-of-consciousness narration describing her impatience during a snipe hunt. You may give her name or a description of the character.
ANSWER: Laska [or Konstantin Levin’s dog; or Konstantin Levin’s dog; accept canine, setter, gundog, bird dog, or hunting dog in place of “dog”; prompt on the dog in Anna Karenina by saying “please give either the name of the dog or the name of its owner”; prompt on less specific answers like animals or mammals or pets by asking “what kind of animal?”]
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