Both Uses of
susceptible
in
Anna Karenina
- He could not at this date repent of the fact that he, a handsome, susceptible man of thirty-four, was not in love with his wife, the mother of five living and two dead children, and only a year younger than himself.†
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- "To go, or not to go!" he said to himself; and an inner voice told him he must not go, that nothing could come of it but falsity; that to amend, to set right their relations was impossible, because it was impossible to make her attractive again and able to inspire love, or to make him an old man, not susceptible to love.†
Part 1
Definition:
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(susceptible) easily influenced or harmed
or:
capable of being treated in a particular way