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The novel opens with the famous line, "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." The novel is, in many ways, an exploration of this idea.The focus of Volume I is on the two main characters, Anna Karenina and Konstantin Levin. Anna is a beautiful and charming woman who is married to a high-ranking government official, Karenin, but is unhappy in her marriage. Levin is a landowner who is struggling to find meaning in his life.The novel also introduces a wide range of other characters, including Oblonsky, Anna's brother, who is having an affair with his children's governess; Vronsky, a young and dashing military officer who