#7 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Woman 1: Girl, did you hear about Anna?

Woman 2: Uh, uh what happened?

Woman 1:  She left her husband for that swaggering officer, Vronsky.

Woman 2: No!

Woman 1: Yes, and get this…the husband won’t give her a divorce, so she and Vronsky are just shacking up.

Woman 2: Shameful!  What about her son?

Woman 1:  I heard her husband won’t allow her to see him.  She’s not even allowed near the house!

Woman 2: What?  Well, that’s not right! Anna loves that little boy. He’s her whole world.

Woman 1:  Well, she gave him up for that Vronsky.  God help her when things cool down between the sheets!

(Scandalous.)