The Liberal Party said that marriage was an obsolete institution which ought to be reformed; and family life really gave Oblonsky very little pleasure, forcing him to tell lies and dissemble, which was quite contrary to his nature.
Il partito liberale diceva che il matrimonio era un’istituzione superata ed era necessario riformarlo, e in realtà la vita familiare dava scarse soddisfazioni a Stepan Arkad’ic e lo costringeva a mentire e a fingere, il che era affatto avverso alla sua natura.