A Fur Coat or Some Animal ... Myself or Someone Else?

She kept having moments of doubt whether the carriage was moving forwards or backwards, or standing still. Was that Annushka beside her, or some stranger? ‘What is that on the armrest – a fur coat or some animal? And what am I? Myself or someone else?'

-Anna Karenina

Photo: Greta Garbo in the movie version, 1939