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 2chasm = a large gap or divide
- That chasm was life itself, the bridge that artificial life in which Alexey Alexandrovitch had lived.†
Part 2 *
- It was the chasm which he was afraid to peep into.†
Part 2
Definition:
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
or:
a very large difference -- often of opinion