Excerpt from Anna Karenina, Vol. 2 of 2 Vronsky, as master of ceremonies, arranged, with no little difficulty, a programme of amusements, truly Russian in character. There were races, blinni, or carnival cakes, bear hunts, troika parties, gypsies, and feasts set forth with Russian dishes, and the prince quickly entered into the spirit Of these Russian sports, broke his waiter Of glasses with the rest, took a gypsy girl on his knee, and then asked himself if the whole pleasure Of the Russians consisted only in this, without going farther. More than in all the pleasures which the Russians could offer him, the prince took delight in French actresses, ballet dancers, and white-seal champagne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.