How old were Anna Karenina's characters? Biography of Karenina Anna

In the section on the question How old was Anna Karenina in Tolstoy’s novel? Which actress is closer to her age? given by the author Netochka Nezvanova the best answer is Let's go back to the source
Quote: I'll start from the beginning: you married a man who is twenty years older than you. You married without love or without knowing love. It was a mistake, let's say.
Maybe 18 or 22
Karenina - 44 (not found in the text)
Anna - 24 - 26 (approx.)
The best Anna Karenina in film adaptations - Samoilova

And age has nothing to do with it...

Answer from Soon[newbie]
The film adaptation of Anna Karenina stars Keira Knightley. There she says literally, “I got married at 18.” They were married for 9 years. Therefore, she was 27.

Answer from Sound combination[newbie]
24

Answer from Goga Vasmoisky[newbie]
28

Answer from Eurovision[guru]
I recently read somewhere that Anna Karenina was 28 years old. Of course, at that time, she got married late.

Answer from User deleted[guru]

Tolstoy wrote that Karenin was an old man. Although by today's standards he is still young - he is only 44 years old. Anna is about 26-27 years old. She has an 8-year-old son. In those days in Russia she was no longer considered a young woman. Girls of marriageable age were 16-17 years old, so for the 70s of the 19th century Anna was a mature woman, the mother of a family, and Vronsky was very young.

Answer from FLAME[guru]
Anna Karenina was 35 years old.

Answer from Natalia Kosinskaya[guru]
Tolstoy does not make a single mention of Anna's age. Karenin was 44, but with Anna there was complete uncertainty. It is only known that she married late. Karenin married her by some coincidence. It is clear that this is the story of mature people.

In Exposure of the sensation. Age of literary heroes.

The following text has spread across the Internet (on VKontakte, on Odnoklassniki and on forums), I’ve seen it many times, and today it was remembered in a conversation.

The old pawnbroker from Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment was 42 years old.

Juliet's mother was 28 years old at the time of the events described in the play.

Marya Gavrilovna from Pushkin’s “The Snowstorm” was no longer young. She was 20 years old.

Balzac's age is 30 years.

Ivan Susanin was 32 years old at the time of the feat (he had a 16-year-old daughter of marriageable age).

Anna Karenina was 28 years old at the time of her death, Vronsky was 23 years old. The old man - Anna Karenina's husband - is 48 years old.

The old man Cardinal Richelieu was 42 years old at the time of the siege of the La Rochelle fortress described in The Three Musketeers.

From the notes of 16-year-old Pushkin: “An old man of about 30 years old entered the room.” It was Karamzin.

At Tynyanov’s, Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin was older than everyone else gathered. He was 34 years old - the age of extinction.

So there you go!!!
This is all far-fetched and not true at all!

Let's sort it out in order.
- The old pawnbroker from Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” was 42 years old.
Original source:
"The old woman stood before him silently and looked at him questioningly. She was a tiny, dry old woman, about sixty years old, with sharp and angry eyes, with a small pointed nose and bare hair. Her blond, slightly gray hair was greased with oil. Around her thin and long neck, similar to a chicken leg, there was some kind of flannel rag wrapped around her, and on her shoulders, despite the heat, a frayed and yellowed fur coat was hanging. The old woman was constantly coughing and groaning."

- Juliet’s mother was 28 years old at the time of the events described in the play.
In fact, even less, but then early marriages were accepted.
Original source:
Mom says to Juliet:
Well, think about it. Among the Verona nobility
Early marriage is held in high esteem. Me too, by the way
I gave birth to you quite early -
I was younger than you are now.

And a little earlier it says that Juliet is not yet 14 years old:
She's a child. Light is new to her
And not yet fourteen years old.

- Marya Gavrilovna from Pushkin’s “The Snowstorm” was no longer young. She was 20 years old.
Who gave this definition: “middle-aged”? In the entire story neither the word “young” nor “mature” appears.
The primary source only says the following about age:
“At the end of 1811, in an era memorable to us, the kind Gavrila Gavrilovich R** lived on his Nenaradov estate. He was famous throughout the entire district for his hospitality and cordiality; neighbors constantly went to him to eat, drink, and play Boston for five kopecks with his wife , and some in order to look at their daughter, Marya Gavrilovna, slender, pale and seventeen year old girl."

- Balzac's age is 30 years.
This is what the all-knowing Wikipedia tells us:
Balzac age is an expression that became commonly used after the appearance of the novel “A Woman of Thirty” by the French writer Honore de Balzac. The heroine of this novel, Viscountess d'Aiglemont, was distinguished by her independence, independence of judgment and freedom in expressing her feelings. In the first years after the novel's publication, this expression was used ironically in relation to women who were like or aspired to be like the heroine of Balzac's novel. Later this meaning of the term was forgotten.
Balzac age - a woman aged 30 to 40 years (jokingly ironic, allegorically). The modern understanding of the term, originating from the novel by Honoré de Balzac.

- Ivan Susanin was 32 years old at the time of the feat (he had a 16-year-old daughter of marriageable age).
Again from Wikipedia:
Almost nothing is known exactly about the life of Ivan Susanin. ...Since his wife is not mentioned in any way in documents or legends, and his daughter Antonida was married and had children, we can assume that he was a widower in adulthood.

- Anna Karenina was 28 years old at the time of her death, Vronsky was 23 years old. The old man - Anna Karenina's husband - is 48 years old.
I couldn’t find it, it’s a long novel, and I was going to re-read it.
Actually, there is no mention of Anna’s age, it only says that she was 20 years younger than her husband.
Nobody knows, huh???

- The old man Cardinal Richelieu was 42 years old at the time of the siege of the La Rochelle fortress described in The Three Musketeers.
The word “old man” is never used in the novel, and the term “old man” is not used in relation to Richelieu.
Original source: “Standing by the fireplace was a man of average height, proud, arrogant, with a broad forehead and piercing gaze. His thin face was further lengthened by a pointed beard, over which a mustache curled. This man was hardly more than thirty-six to thirty-seven years old, but There was already a hint of gray in his hair and beard. Although he did not have a sword, he still looked like a military man, and the light dust on his boots indicated that he had ridden a horse that day.
This man was Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu, not the way we usually portray him, that is, not a bent old man suffering from a serious illness, relaxed, with a fading voice, immersed in a deep armchair, as if in an untimely grave, living only by the power of his mind and supporting the fight against Europe with the mere tension of thought, but as he really was in those years: a dexterous and amiable gentleman, already weak in body, but supported by indomitable strength of spirit..."
And yes, he really was 42. But they don’t call him an old man.

- From the notes of 16-year-old Pushkin: “An old man of about 30 years old entered the room.” It was Karamzin.
I couldn't find the text of the notes. But Karamzin was born in 1766, and Pushkin in 1799. That is, when Karamzin was 30 years old, Pushkin was not yet in the project, as they say now. At the time when Pushkin was 16, Karamzin was (we think) about 49.
Perhaps, at the age of 16, Pushkin remembers how Karamzin came to them. Karamzin was 34 at the time of the visit, according to Tynyanov, and Pushkin was 1 year old. It's unlikely he remembered.

- At Tynyanov’s, Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin was older than everyone else gathered. He was 34 years old - the age of extinction.
Well, yes, the quote is accurate. But... incomplete.

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Biography, life story of Anna Karenina

Anna Arkadyevna Karenina is the heroine of the novel Anna Karenina.

Life story

Anna Karenina is a noble lady from St. Petersburg, the wife of Minister Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin. introduces us to Anna at the moment when she comes to her brother Stepan Oblonsky (Steve) in order to reconcile him with his wife. Stiva meets his sister at the station. At the same time, a young officer Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky arrives at the station (he was meeting his mother). Anna and Alexey pay attention to each other. However, the author does not allow the first emotions to completely overwhelm the characters. At the moment of the first meeting of Karenina and Vronsky, a misfortune happens - a train carriage accidentally drives back and kills the watchman. Anna Karenina, a married lady and a caring mother of her eight-year-old son Seryozha, considered this turn of events a bad sign.

The next meeting between Anna and Alexei takes place at the ball. There, some inexplicable chemistry flares up between them again. When Karenina returns to her native Petersburg, Vronsky, unconscious from the passion that has captured his mind, goes after her. There, Alexey Kirillovich becomes the shadow of Anna Karenina - he follows her every step, tries to constantly be next to her. At the same time, the officer is not at all embarrassed by the fact that Anna is married, and her husband is a man of high social status. On the contrary, Vronsky’s love grew stronger from the fact that his chosen one turned out to be a woman from high society.

Anna Karenina, who has never had anything but deep respect for her husband, falls in love with Alexei Vronsky. Falls in love and is ashamed of his vicious feelings. At first, Anna tries to escape from herself, return to her usual life and find peace of mind, but all her attempts at resistance ended in failure. A year after they met, Karenina becomes Vronsky’s mistress. Over time, the connection between Karenina and Vronsky becomes known throughout St. Petersburg. Alexei Karenin, having learned about his wife’s infidelity, punishes her in the most cruel way - he forces her to continue to play the role of his loving wife.

CONTINUED BELOW

Anna soon finds out that she is pregnant from Vronsky. The officer invites her to leave her husband, but Karenina does not agree. Immediately after the birth of her daughter, she almost dies. The tragedy forces Alexei Alexandrovich to forgive his wife and her lover. He allows Anna to continue to live in his house and bear his last name. And Anna herself, in her dying state, begins to treat her husband warmer. But after recovery, everything returns to normal. Anna, whose conscience could not stand Karenin’s generosity, leaves with Vronsky for Europe. The lovers take the newborn girl with them. Anna's son remains with his father.

After a short absence, Vronsky and Karenina return to St. Petersburg. There Anna Karenina sadly realizes that she is now a real outcast for secular society. But Vronsky, on the contrary, is happy to see in any company. Separation from her son caused Anna additional suffering. But on Seryozha’s birthday, Anna secretly sneaks into the boy’s bedroom. The meeting was very touching - mother and son cried with happiness. They wanted to say so much to each other, but they were unable to talk - a servant came into Seryozha’s room and said that Alexey Karenin would come in any minute. When the official entered the nursery, Anna ran away, leaving Seryozha sobbing.

Relations between Karenina and Vronsky gradually began to deteriorate. The attitude of society towards Anna also contributed to the fading of their warm feelings. High society pointed fingers at Anna, and some society ladies did not hesitate to publicly insult her. Tired of the constant pressure, Anna, Alexey and their little daughter Anya move to Vronsky’s estate. Far from the bustle of the city, Anna hoped to improve relations with her lover, however, Alexey himself tried to create all the conditions for his beloved. However, it was difficult for them to get along with each other. The officer regularly went to business meetings and social events in St. Petersburg, while Anna, like a leper, had to sit at home. Due to Vronsky's constant absences, Karenina begins to suspect him of treason. Scenes of jealousy became a mandatory addition to dinner in their home. At the same time, life is darkened by a protracted divorce process. In order to solve this problem, Anna and Alexey move to Moscow for a while. Earlier, Karenin promised that he would give Seryozha to Anna, but at the last moment he changed his mind. He did this solely to hurt the woman who betrayed him. Having learned that the court left Seryozha with her ex-husband, Anna almost went crazy with grief...

Lost, unhappy Anna Karenina argues more and more with Vronsky. One day Anna Karenina suspected him of intending to marry someone else. Tired of constant hysterics, Alexey goes to his mother. As soon as Vronsky left, Anna clearly felt a burning need for reconciliation with her beloved. She rushes after Vronsky to the station.

Arriving at the place, Anna Karenina remembers her first meeting with Vronsky, their timid glances at each other, that incomprehensible feeling that swallowed her up. Anna also remembered the watchman who died under the carriage. At that very second Anna understands - this is the solution to all problems! This is how she can wash away the shame and get rid of the constantly oppressive feeling of shame for her actions! This is how she, who has exhausted herself and those around her, will be able to throw off the burden that has already become unbearable! A second of delay - and Anna throws herself under an oncoming train.

After Anna’s death, Vronsky repented - late, senselessly, but he repented. Deciding to follow Karenina's example, Alexey began to look at death as a deliverance. He volunteers to go to war, hoping that he will never come back.

Prototype

Anna Karenina is an image created on the basis of three prototypes. The first is Maria Hartung, daughter

1. Researchers calculate the age of Juliet’s mother using one phrase:

“As for me, at your age I was your mother for a long time.”

Shakespeare also mentions Juliet's age:

“Well, on Peter’s day it’s night and she turns fourteen.”

It turns out that Senora Capulet may be 28 years old, or even younger. But why should this surprise us if we are watching a love story between a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy? Is anyone sincerely worried about not becoming a parent at 14?

2. The age of Marya Gavrilovna from “The Snowstorm” by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.

The only mention in the story about the heroine's age:

“At the end of 1811, in an era memorable to us, the good Gavrila Gavrilovich R** lived on his estate Nenaradov. He was famous throughout the area for his hospitality and cordiality; neighbors constantly went to him to eat, drink, play Boston for five kopecks with his wife, and some in order to look at their daughter, Marya Gavrilovna, a slender, pale and seventeen-year-old girl. She was considered a rich bride, and many expected her to marry them or their sons.”

That’s how old she was at the time of the wedding, and the explanation with Burmin took place more than three years later. Therefore, there was no way she was going to be 20 years old.

3. Balzac age.

This expression became popular after the release of Honore de Balzac's A Woman of Thirty in 1834. And there is no doubt that the “Balzac age” can really be considered the age of 30 years. It’s not clear why this expression has such a derogatory, or at best derogatory-joking, character? After all, Balzac does not describe an old woman who no longer knows what to do with herself, but a woman in the very prime of her beauty and strength.

4. Age of Ivan Susanin.

Thanks to the unknown online researchers who finally put an end to the age-old debate about Susanin’s age. It’s only a pity that modern historians are not yet in the know and continue to call the time of Ivan Osipovich’s birth “the last third of the 16th century,” which, you agree, gives a wide range of ages, considering that Susanin died in the fall of 1612 or winter of 1613.

5. The age of the old woman-pawnbroker.

This is absolutely a shameful lie! After all, they read Dostoevsky’s novel at school!

“She was a tiny, dry old woman, about sixty years old, with sharp and angry eyes, a small pointed nose and bare hair.”

It's a shame, citizens, it's a shame.

6. Anna Karenina's age.

Tolstoy does not mention the exact age of the heroine. Where does such an accurate figure come from - 28 years? Out of nowhere. Just an estimate.

“I’ll start from the beginning: you married a man who is twenty years older than you.”

I didn’t find any mention of Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin’s age in the novel. But for some reason, the most widespread version on the Internet says that Karenin was 44 years old, and not 48 or 46. And this already contradicts Anna’s declared 28 years.

7. Age of Richelieu.

Yes, yes, not Richelieu, but Richelieu. The siege of La Rochelle lasted a whole year from September 1627 to October 1628. At the time of the siege, Cardinal Richelieu was indeed 42 years old, but did anyone consider him an old man? Why should we be surprised at his age? I don't understand.

8. 30-year-old Karazmin and 16-year-old Pushkin.

Just a celebration of ignorance. It’s just not clear which one: historical or mathematical. I think both.

Now let’s do the math: Pushkin turned 16 years old in 1815, respectively, Karamzin was then about 49 years old, and not thirty. Oh yes Pushkin! Three years before his birth, he saw Karamzin, and even left a note about it, pretending to be 16 years old.

9. And again about Karamzin.

Apparently, this means Yuri Nikolaevich Tynyanov, a writer and literary critic. He has a study of the unfinished novel “Pushkin”, where this quote can actually be found. Only it does not refer to Karamzin’s physical age, but to his mood and activities at that time.

“The main person was, of course, not the count. Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin was older than everyone present. He was thirty-four years old - the age of decline.

The time to please has passed, But to be captivated without captivating, And to glow without inflaming, is a bad craft.

There were no wrinkles yet, but a coldness appeared on his elongated, white face. Despite his playfulness, despite his affection for ticklers, as he called the young ones, it was clear that he had experienced a lot. The world was collapsing; Everywhere in Russia there are monstrosities, sometimes worse than French villainy. Stop dreaming about the happiness of humanity! His heart was broken by the beautiful woman whose friend he was. After traveling to Europe, he became colder towards his friends. “Letters of a Russian Traveler” became a law for educated speeches and hearts. The women were crying over them. He was now publishing an almanac called by the female name “Aglaya,” which the women read and which began to generate income. Everything is nothing but trinkets. But barbaric censorship also constrained people in trifles. Emperor Paul did not live up to the expectations placed on him by all the friends of good. He was self-willed, angry and surrounded himself not with philosophers, but with Gatchina corporals who had no understanding of grace.”

We are talking about a disappointed person, not an old one.

Only the dead one didn’t write about the new film adaptations of Anna Karenina. And I can still feel my pulse.

I’ll tell you about “Karenina” by Sergei Solovyov. I didn't expect to dislike it so much. The costumes are downright poor and tasteless. The selection of actors - in contrast to Leo Tolstoy's novel - is a clear age-related inflection towards old age. Emotions are unnatural, monologues are simply read and not felt, looks are wooden, vibes are zero. Throughout the entire film I was not imbued with sympathy, sympathy, or hostility towards any character. As they say, ignoring is the worst thing. It didn’t touch a single cell of either the brain or the soul. And this is my personal opinion.

The film version of Anna directed by Joe Wright was generally awaited with caution. I expected that I would frankly not accept the English version. It turned out to be quite the opposite. Peak of emotions, beautiful and young faces. Their passions spoke for the heroes, not their tongues. Each look meant more than the character's monologue. Just the scene of Vronsky and Karenina dancing at the ball was worth it - just the intensity of passions. I liked everything: from the director’s ideas, original camera shots to costumes and music.

And now, just for comparison, the actors and their ages at the time of filming:

A. Karenina - Keira Knightley, 27 years old A. Karenina - Tatyana Drubich, 49 years old

A. Karenin - Jude Law, 40 years old A. Karenin - Oleg Yankovsky, 65 years old

Vronsky - Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 22 years old Vronsky - Yaroslav Boyko, 41 years old

Levin - Domhnall Gleeson, 28 years old Levin - Sergey Garmash, 51 years old

Personally, the characters chosen by the English film director are closer to me in image and age. By the way, he also directed the film Pride and Prejudice with Knightley.

What do you think: how old was Anna Karenina in the novel? Like from 28 to 35. Is not it so.

And which adaptation did you like best?