How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Section.Paragraph). We used Constance Garnett's translation.
Quote #7
Gurov went without haste to Old Gontcharny Street and found the house. Just opposite the house stretched a long grey fence adorned with nails.
"One would run away from a fence like that," thought Gurov, looking from the fence to the windows of the house and back again. (3.16-7)
This is the first time Gurov really makes an attempt to identify with Anna, to see the world from her perspective.
Quote #8
And he judged of others by himself, not believing in what he saw, and always believing that every man had his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy and under the cover of night. All personal life rested on secrecy, and possibly it was partly on that account that civilized man was so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected. (4.11)
This is a sad thought – how truly isolated each man would be if he had to hide that which was most valuable to him. It's no wonder Gurov feels as alone as he does.