Anna Karenina

10 Pugachev ... Khiva: Emelian Pugachev (c. 1742-75), a Cossack and impostor, claimed to be the tsar Peter III and led an uprising in an attempt to take the throne. He was defeated and executed. For Khiva, see note 20, Part Three.

11 Karr ... Prussia: Alphonse Karr (1808-90), a witty Parisian journalist and pamphleteer who wrote for the collection Guêpes (Wasps), published anti-military pamphlets before the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

12 ’... not peace but a sword’: A slight misquotation of Matthew 10:34: ‘Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.’

13 Varangians: See note 4, Part One.

14 the Eastern question: See note 42, Part One.

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a

See ‘Translators’ Note’ below.

b

Rice powder and cosmetic vinegar.

c

Sister-in-law.

d

You are living love’s perfect dream. So much the better, my dear, so much the better.

e

Director or conductor.

f

A jewel!

g

Old Saxony porcelain.

h

Let’s understand each other ...

i

Good luck.

j

The savour of the sauce.

k

Prince Shcherbatsky with wife and daughter.

l

Princess.

m

Patients’ list.

n

Infatuations.

o

His companion.

p

One must do nothing in excess.

q

Come now.

r

Your grace, your excellency, your highness.

s

Work-cure.

t

Impulsive.

u

The seven wonders of the world.

v

I.e. ‘nous a fait un faux bond’, i.e. ‘has let us down’.

w

Tolstoy literally translates the French saying: jeter son bonnet par-dessus les moulins, meaning to throw caution to the winds.

x

Literal translation of the French enfant terrible.

y

Doing the laundry.

z

That is all a joke.

aa

It’s no more subtle than that.

ab

Burden.

ac

Down to earth.

ad

Tenant farmers.

ae

Chamois.

af

You must beat the iron, pound it, knead it.

ag

The establishing of a fact.

ah

Brother-in-law.

ai

Let us say the word.

aj

Those whom [God] would destroy he first makes mad.

ak

Display.

al

Studio.

am

Straight off.

an

I have forced my way in.

ao