Levin had often admired that kind of life, had often envied the folk who lived it; but that day, especially after what he had seen for the first time of the relations between Vanka Parmenich and his young wife, it struck him that it depended on himself to change his wearisome, idle, and artificial personal life for that pure, delightful life of common toil.
Levin solía admirar esta vida y, con frecuencia, solía experimentar envidia de los que la vivían. Pero especialmente hoy, bajo la impresión de lo que viera en las relaciones de Iván Parmenov con su joven esposa, Levin pensó que de él dependía cambiar su vida de holganza, tan penosa, su vida artificial, vida de trabajo pura y alegre como la de los demás.