Translation by Leo Wiener (1899)
I. The Opening Sentence (Part One, Ch. 1)
all happy families resemble one another every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way
II. The Ball Scene (Part One, Ch. 23)
if anna smiled his smile replied
if she became thoughtful he looked serious
an almost supernatural power seemed to attract kitty’s gaze to anna’s face
she was charming in her simple black velvet charming were her round arms clasped by bracelets charming her firm neck encircled with reads charming her dark curly locks breaking from restraint charming the slow and graceful movements of her small feet and hands charming her lovely face full of animation but in all this charm there was something terrible and cruel
III. The Seduction Scene (Part 2, Ch. 11)
but he felt exactly as a murderer must feel when he sees the lifeless body of his victim
this lifeless body was their love- the first epoch of their love
there was something horrible and repulsive in the recollection of the terrible price that they had paid for this shame
the shame in the presence of their spiritual nakedness oppressed her and took hold of him
but in spite of all the horror felt by the murderer in presence of the body of his victim he must cut it in pieces must bury it must take advantage of his crime
and as with fury and passion the murderer throws himself on the dead body and drags it and cuts it so he covered her face and shoulders with kisses
IV. The Suicide (Part 7, Ch. 31)
she was going to throw herself under the first car as its center came opposite where she stood
her little red traveling-bag caused her to lose the moment she could not detach it from her arm
she awaited the second
a feeling like that she had experienced once just before taking a dive in the river came over her and she made the sign of the cross
this familiar gesture called back to her soul a whole series of memories of her youth and childhood and suddenly the darkness which hid everything from her was torn asunder. life with its elusive joys glowed for an instant before her
but she did not take her eyes from the car;
and when the center between the two wheels appeared she threw away her red bag drawing her head between her shoulders and with outstretched hands threw herself on her knees under the car
for a second she was horror-struck at what she was doing
where am i
what am i doing
why
she tried to get up to draw back but something monstrous inflexible struck her head and threw her on her back
lord forgive me all she murmured feeling the struggle to be in vain
a little muzhik was working on the railroad mumbling in his beard
and the candle by which she had read the book that was filled with fears with deceptions with anguish and with evil flared up with greater brightness than she had ever known revealing to her all that before was in darkness then flickered grew front and went out forever