Ten of the best births in literature

At the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the best births in literature.One title on the list:Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyAnna is haunted by a prophecy that she will die in childbirth. We are in the waiting room with the men, as Anna's lover, Vronsky, and her husband are told of the birth of a baby daughter (Vronsky's). The mother, however, has puerperal fever and will certainly die. The men are