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When a woman encounters this character riding a horse on a country road, she notices this character’s new habit of narrowing her eyes when she thinks. A passage describing the candle by which this character read “that book filled with anxieties, deceptions, griefs and evils” mentions her recurring nightmare of a peasant “working over some iron.” (15[1])While looking at a painting, this character admires the pity in the face of Jesus standing next to Pontius Pilate. A lie that this character died is told to her son by the pious Countess (15[1])(*) Lydia. After this character nearly dies giving birth, her lover shoots himself in the chest, but he recovers and signs up (10[1])for a position in Tashkent. This character confesses her infidelity (-5[1])after her lover breaks the back of his horse Frou-Frou (10[1])during a race. (10[1])For 10 points, name this character who has an affair with Count Vronsky in a novel by Leo Tolstoy. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Anna Karenina [or Anna Arkadyevna Karenina; accept either underlined portion]
<Literature - European Literature - Long Fiction>
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Michael HundiingWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)5515
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioClown Squad9015
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisNotre Dame11110
Mike BentleyMusic to Help You Stop SmokingWashU121-5
Andrew HartBHSU RebirthNortheast by Northwestern13110
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days13410
Charles HangWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking15410

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