All 3 Uses of
chasm
in
Anna Karenina
- Now he experienced a feeling akin to that of a man who, while calmly crossing a precipice by a bridge, should suddenly discover that the bridge is broken, and that there is a chasm below.†
Part 2
- That chasm was life itself, the bridge that artificial life in which Alexey Alexandrovitch had lived.†
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- It was the chasm which he was afraid to peep into.†
Part 2
Definition:
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(chasm) a large and deep and steep-sided opening on the earth's surface; or (more rarely) any large gap
or:
a very large difference -- often of opinion