War and Peace

Name: War and Peace
Author: Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy · Translated by Louise Maude

English · 1869 · Fiction

Tolstoy's novel follows several aristocratic Russian families through the Napoleonic Wars, weaving private lives with reflections on history and fate.

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Dramatis Personae
Book I · Part I: 1805
Chapter I“Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the…
Chapter IIAnna Pávlovna’s drawing room was gradually filling. The highest…
Chapter IIIAnna Pávlovna’s reception was in full swing. The spindles hummed…
Chapter IVJust then another visitor entered the drawing room: Prince Andréy…
Chapter V“And what do you think of this latest comedy, the coronation at…
Chapter VIHaving thanked Anna Pávlovna for her charming soiree, the guests…
Chapter VIIThe rustle of a woman’s dress was heard in the next room. Prince…
Chapter VIIIThe friends were silent. Neither cared to begin talking. Pierre…
Chapter IXIt was past one o’clock when Pierre left his friend. It was a…
Chapter XPrince Vasíli kept the promise he had given to Princess Drubetskáya…
Chapter XISilence ensued. The countess looked at her callers, smiling affably…
Chapter XIIThe only young people remaining in the drawing room, not counting the…
Chapter XIIIWhen Natásha ran out of the drawing room she only went as far as the…
Chapter XIVAfter receiving her visitors, the countess was so tired that she gave…
Chapter XV“My dear Boris,” said Princess Anna Mikháylovna to her son as…
Chapter XVIPierre, after all, had not managed to choose a career for himself in…
Chapter XVIIAfter Anna Mikháylovna had driven off with her son to visit Count…
Chapter XVIIICountess Rostóva, with her daughters and a large number of guests…
Chapter XIXAt the men’s end of the table the talk grew more and more animated.…
Chapter XXThe card tables were drawn out, sets made up for boston, and the…
Chapter XXIWhile in the Rostóvs’ ballroom the sixth anglaise was being danced…
Chapter XXIIWhile these conversations were going on in the reception room and the…
Chapter XXIIIPierre well knew this large room divided by columns and an arch, its…
Chapter XXIVThere was now no one in the reception room except Prince Vasíli and…
Chapter XXVAt Bald Hills, Prince Nikoláy Andréevich Bolkónski’s estate, the…
Chapter XXVIThe gray-haired valet was sitting drowsily listening to the snoring…
Chapter XXVIIAt the appointed hour the prince, powdered and shaven, entered the…
Chapter XXVIIIPrince Andréy was to leave next evening. The old prince, not altering…
Book I · Part II: 1805
Chapter IIn October, 1805, a Russian army was occupying the villages and towns…
Chapter II“He’s coming!” shouted the signaler at that moment.
Chapter IIIOn returning from the review, Kutúzov took the Austrian general into…
Chapter IVThe Pávlograd Hussars were stationed two miles from Braunau. The…
Chapter VThat same evening there was an animated discussion among the…
Chapter VIKutúzov fell back toward Vienna, destroying behind him the bridges…
Chapter VIITwo of the enemy’s shots had already flown across the bridge, where…
Chapter VIIIThe last of the infantry hurriedly crossed the bridge, squeezing…
Chapter IXPursued by the French army of a hundred thousand men under the…
Chapter XPrince Andréy stayed at Brünn with Bilíbin, a Russian acquaintance of…
Chapter XINext day he woke late. Recalling his recent impressions, the first…
Chapter XIIAt the levee Prince Andréy stood among the Austrian officers as he…
Chapter XIIIThat same night, having taken leave of the Minister of War, Bolkónski…
Chapter XIVOn November 1 Kutúzov had received, through a spy, news that the army…
Chapter XVBetween three and four o’clock in the afternoon Prince Andréy, who…
Chapter XVIHaving ridden round the whole line from right flank to left, Prince…
Chapter XVIIMounting his horse again Prince Andréy lingered with the battery…
Chapter XVIIIPrince Bagratión, having reached the highest point of our right…
Chapter XIXThe attack of the Sixth Chasseurs secured the retreat of our right…
Chapter XXThe infantry regiments that had been caught unawares in the outskirts…
Chapter XXIThe wind had fallen and black clouds, merging with the powder smoke…
Book I · Part III: 1805
Chapter IPrince Vasíli was not a man who deliberately thought out his plans.…
Chapter IIIn November, 1805, Prince Vasíli had to go on a tour of inspection in…
Chapter IIIOld Prince Nikoláy Andréevich Bolkónski received a letter from Prince…
Chapter IVWhen Princess Márya came down, Prince Vasíli and his son were already…
Chapter VThey all separated, but, except Anatole who fell asleep as soon as he…
Chapter VIIt was long since the Rostóvs had news of Nikolúshka. Not till…
Chapter VIIOn the twelfth of November, Kutúzov’s active army, in camp before…
Chapter VIIIThe day after Rostóv had been to see Borís, a review was held of the…
Chapter IXThe day after the review, Borís Drubetskóy, in his best uniform and…
Chapter XAt dawn on the sixteenth of November, Denísov’s squadron, in which…
Chapter XIThe next day the Emperor stopped at Wischau, and Villier, his…
Chapter XIIShortly after nine o’clock that evening, Weyrother drove with his…
Chapter XIIIThat same night, Rostóv was with a platoon on skirmishing duty in…
Chapter XIVAt five in the morning it was still quite dark. The troops of the…
Chapter XVAt eight o’clock Kutúzov rode to Pratzen at the head of the fourth…
Chapter XVIKutúzov accompanied by his adjutants rode at a walking pace behind…
Chapter XVIIOn our right flank commanded by Bagratión, at nine o’clock the battle…
Chapter XVIIIRostóv had been ordered to look for Kutúzov and the Emperor near the…
Chapter XIXOn the Pratzen Heights, where he had fallen with the flagstaff in his…
Book II · Part I: 1806
Chapter IEarly in the year 1806 Nikoláy Rostóv returned home on leave. Denísov…
Chapter IIOn his return to Moscow from the army, Nikoláy Rostóv was welcomed by…
Chapter IIIOn that third of March, all the rooms in the English Club were filled…
Chapter IVPierre sat opposite Dólokhov and Nikoláy Rostóv. As usual, he ate and…
Chapter V“Well, begin!” said Dólokhov.
Chapter VIPierre had of late rarely seen his wife alone. Both in Petersburg and…
Chapter VIITwo months had elapsed since the news of the battle of Austerlitz and…
Chapter VIII“Dearest,” said the little princess after breakfast on the morning of…
Chapter IXThe little princess lay supported by pillows, with a white cap on her…
Chapter XRostóv’s share in Dólokhov’s duel with Bezúkhov was hushed up by the…
Chapter XIOn the third day after Christmas Nikoláy dined at home, a thing he…
Chapter XIIIogel’s were the most enjoyable balls in Moscow. So said the mothers…
Chapter XIIIFor two days after that Rostóv did not see Dólokhov at his own or at…
Chapter XIVAn hour and a half later most of the players were but little…
Chapter XVTo say “tomorrow” and keep up a dignified tone was not difficult, but…
Chapter XVIIt was long since Rostóv had felt such enjoyment from music as he did…
Book II · Part II: 1806–07
Chapter IAfter his interview with his wife Pierre left for Petersburg. At the…
Chapter II“I have the pleasure of addressing Count Bezúkhov, if I am not…
Chapter IIIOn reaching Petersburg Pierre did not let anyone know of his arrival…
Chapter IVSoon after this there came into the dark chamber to fetch Pierre, not…
Chapter VThe day after he had been received into the Lodge, Pierre was sitting…
Chapter VIThe duel between Pierre and Dólokhov was hushed up and, in spite of…
Chapter VIIWhen Borís and Anna Pávlovna returned to the others Prince Ippolit…
Chapter VIIIThe war was flaming up and nearing the Russian frontier. Everywhere…
Chapter IXBilíbin was now at army headquarters in a diplomatic capacity, and…
Chapter XSoon after his admission to the Masonic Brotherhood, Pierre went to…
Chapter XIReturning from his journey through South Russia in the happiest state…
Chapter XIIIn the evening Andréy and Pierre got into the open carriage and drove…
Chapter XIIIIt was getting dusk when Prince Andréy and Pierre drove up to the…
Chapter XIVThe pilgrim woman was appeased and, being encouraged to talk, gave a…
Chapter XVWhen returning from his leave, Rostóv felt, for the first time, how…
Chapter XVIIn April the troops were enlivened by news of the Emperor’s arrival…
Chapter XVIIIn June the battle of Friedland was fought, in which the Pávlograds…
Chapter XVIIIGoing along the corridor, the assistant led Rostóv to the officers’…
Chapter XIXHaving returned to the regiment and told the commander the state of…
Chapter XXRostóv had come to Tilsit the day least suitable for a petition on…
Chapter XXIThe Emperor rode to the square where, facing one another, a battalion…
Book II · Part III: 1808–10
Chapter IIn 1808 the Emperor Alexander went to Erfurt for a fresh interview…
Chapter IIPrince Andréy had to see the Marshal of the Nobility for the district…
Chapter IIINext morning, having taken leave of no one but the count, and not…
Chapter IVPrince Andréy arrived in Petersburg in August, 1809. It was the time…
Chapter VWhile waiting for the announcement of his appointment to the…
Chapter VIDuring the first weeks of his stay in Petersburg Prince Andréy felt…
Chapter VIINearly two years before this, in 1808, Pierre on returning to…
Chapter VIIIAgain Pierre was overtaken by the depression he so dreaded. For three…
Chapter IXAt that time, as always happens, the highest society that met at…
Chapter XPierre went on with his diary, and this is what he wrote in it during…
Chapter XIThe Rostóvs’ monetary affairs had not improved during the two years…
Chapter XIINatásha was sixteen and it was the year 1809, the very year to which…
Chapter XIIIOne night when the old countess, in nightcap and dressing jacket…
Chapter XIVOn the thirty-first of December, New Year’s Eve, 1809–10 an old…
Chapter XVNatásha had not had a moment free since early morning and had not…
Chapter XVISuddenly everybody stirred, began talking, and pressed forward and…
Chapter XVIIAfter Prince Andréy, Borís came up to ask Natásha for a dance, and…
Chapter XVIIINext day Prince Andréy thought of the ball, but his mind did not…
Chapter XIXNext day Prince Andréy called at a few houses he had not visited…
Chapter XXOne morning Colonel Berg, whom Pierre knew as he knew everybody in…
Chapter XXIPierre, as one of the principal guests, had to sit down to boston…
Chapter XXIINext day, having been invited by the count, Prince Andréy dined with…
Chapter XXIIIPrince Andréy needed his father’s consent to his marriage, and to…
Chapter XXIVNo betrothal ceremony took place and Natásha’s engagement to…
Chapter XXVDuring that year after his son’s departure, Prince Nikoláy Andréevich…
Chapter XXVIIn the middle of the summer Princess Márya received an unexpected…
Book II · Part VI: 1810—11
Chapter IThe Bible legend tells us that the absence of labor—idleness—was a…
Chapter IIAfter reaching home Nikoláy was at first serious and even dull. He…
Chapter IIIThe weather was already growing wintry and morning frosts congealed…
Chapter IVThe old count, who had always kept up an enormous hunting…
Chapter VNikoláy Rostóv meanwhile remained at his post, waiting for the wolf.…
Chapter VIThe old count went home, and Natásha and Pétya promised to return…
Chapter VIIToward evening Ilágin took leave of Nikoláy, who found that they were…
Chapter VIIICount Ilyá Andréevich had resigned the position of Marshal of the…
Chapter IXChristmas came and except for the ceremonial Mass, the solemn and…
Chapter X“Does it ever happen to you,” said Natásha to her brother, when they…
Chapter XIPelagéya Danílovna Melyukóva, a broadly built, energetic woman…
Chapter XIIWhen they all drove back from Pelagéya Danílovna’s, Natásha, who…
Chapter XIIISoon after the Christmas holidays Nikoláy told his mother of his love…
Book II · Part V: 1811–12
Chapter IAfter Prince Andréy’s engagement to Natásha, Pierre without any…
Chapter IIAt the beginning of winter Prince Nikoláy Andréevich Bolkónski and…
Chapter IIIIn 1811 there was living in Moscow a French doctor—Métivier—who had…
Chapter IVPrincess Márya as she sat listening to the old men’s talk and…
Chapter VBorís had not succeeded in making a wealthy match in Petersburg, so…
Chapter VIAt the end of January Count Ilyá Andréevich Rostóv went to Moscow…
Chapter VIINext day, by Márya Dmítrievna’s advice, Count Ilyá Andréevich took…
Chapter VIIIThat evening the Rostóvs went to the Opera, for which Márya…
Chapter IXThe floor of the stage consisted of smooth boards, at the sides was…
Chapter XDuring the entr’acte a whiff of cold air came into Elèn’s box, the…
Chapter XIAnatole Kurágin was staying in Moscow because his father had sent him…
Chapter XIIThe day after the opera the Rostóvs went nowhere and nobody came to…
Chapter XIIICount Ilyá Andréevich took the girls to Countess Bezúkhova’s. There…
Chapter XIVMorning came with its cares and bustle. Everyone got up and began to…
Chapter XVOn returning late in the evening Sónya went to Natásha’s room, and to…
Chapter XVIAnatole had lately moved to Dólokhov’s. The plan for Natalie…
Chapter XVIIAnatole went out of the room and returned a few minutes later wearing…
Chapter XVIIIMárya Dmítrievna, having found Sónya weeping in the corridor, made…
Chapter XIXFrom the day his wife arrived in Moscow Pierre had been intending to…
Chapter XXPierre did not stay for dinner, but left the room and went away at…
Chapter XXIPierre drove to Márya Dmítrievna’s to tell her of the fulfillment of…
Chapter XXIIThat same evening Pierre went to the Rostóvs’ to fulfill the…
Book III · Part I: 1812
Chapter IFrom the close of the year 1811 an intensified arming and…
Chapter IIOn the twenty-ninth of May Napoleon left Dresden, where he had spent…
Chapter IIIThe Emperor of Russia had, meanwhile, been in Vílna for more than a…
Chapter IVAt two in the morning of the fourteenth of June, the Emperor, having…
Chapter VDavout was to Napoleon what Arakchéev was to Alexander—though not a…
Chapter VIThough Balashëv was used to imperial pomp, he was amazed at the…
Chapter VIIAfter all that Napoleon had said to him—those bursts of anger and the…
Chapter VIIIAfter his interview with Pierre in Moscow, Prince Andréy went to…
Chapter IXPrince Andréy reached the general headquarters of the army at the end…
Chapter XThis letter had not yet been presented to the Emperor when Barclay…
Chapter XIPrince Andréy’s eyes were still following Pfuel out of the room when…
Chapter XIIBefore the beginning of the campaign, Rostóv had received a letter…
Chapter XIIIIn the tavern, before which stood the doctor’s covered cart, there…
Chapter XIVIt was nearly three o’clock but no one was yet asleep, when the…
Chapter XVRostóv, with his keen sportsman’s eye, was one of the first to catch…
Chapter XVIOn receiving news of Natásha’s illness, the countess, though not…
Chapter XVIINatásha was calmer but no happier. She not merely avoided all…
Chapter XVIIIAt the beginning of July more and more disquieting reports about the…
Chapter XIXFrom the day when Pierre, after leaving the Rostóvs’ with Natásha’s…
Chapter XXA few intimate friends were dining with the Rostóvs that day, as…
Chapter XXIAfter the definite refusal he had received, Pétya went to his room…
Chapter XXIITwo days later, on the fifteenth of July, an immense number of…
Chapter XXIIIAt that moment Count Rostopchín with his protruding chin and alert…
Book III · Part II: 1812
Chapter INapoleon began the war with Russia because he could not resist going…
Chapter IIThe day after his son had left, Prince Nikoláy Andréevich sent for…
Chapter IIIWhen Mikháil Ivánovich returned to the study with the letter, the old…
Chapter IVBald Hills, Prince Nikoláy Andréevich Bolkónski’s estate, lay forty…
Chapter VFrom Smolénsk the troops continued to retreat, followed by the enemy.…
Chapter VIAmong the innumerable categories applicable to the phenomena of human…
Chapter VIIWhile this was taking place in Petersburg the French had already…
Chapter VIIIPrincess Márya was not in Moscow and out of danger as Prince Andréy…
Chapter IXUntil Prince Andréy settled in Boguchárovo its owners had always been…
Chapter XAfter her father’s funeral Princess Márya shut herself up in her room…
Chapter XIAn hour later Dunyásha came to tell the princess that Dron had come…
Chapter XIIFor a long time that night Princess Márya sat by the open window of…
Chapter XIIIOn the seventeenth of August Rostóv and Ilyín, accompanied by…
Chapter XIV“Well, is she pretty? Ah, friend—my pink one is delicious; her name…
Chapter XVOn receiving command of the armies Kutúzov remembered Prince Andréy…
Chapter XVI“Well, that’s all!” said Kutúzov as he signed the last of the…
Chapter XVIIAfter the Emperor had left Moscow, life flowed on there in its usual…
Chapter XVIIIWhen Pierre returned home he was handed two of Rostopchín’s…
Chapter XIXOn the twenty-fourth of August the battle of the Shevárdino Redoubt…
Chapter XXOn the morning of the twenty-fifth Pierre was leaving Mozháysk. At…
Chapter XXIPierre stepped out of his carriage and, passing the toiling…
Chapter XXIIStaggering amid the crush, Pierre looked about him.
Chapter XXIIIFrom Górki, Bennigsen descended the high road to the bridge which…
Chapter XXIVOn that bright evening of August 25, Prince Andréy lay leaning on his…
Chapter XXVThe officers were about to take leave, but Prince Andréy, apparently…
Chapter XXVIOn August 25, the eve of the battle of Borodinó, M. de Beausset…
Chapter XXVIIOn the twenty-fifth of August, so his historians tell us, Napoleon…
Chapter XXVIIIMany historians say that the French did not win the battle of…
Chapter XXIXOn returning from a second inspection of the lines, Napoleon remarked:
Chapter XXXOn returning to Górki after having seen Prince Andréy, Pierre ordered…
Chapter XXXIHaving descended the hill the general after whom Pierre was galloping…
Chapter XXXIIBeside himself with terror Pierre jumped up and ran back to the…
Chapter XXXIIIThe chief action of the battle of Borodinó was fought within the…
Chapter XXXIVNapoleon’s generals—Davout, Ney, and Murat, who were near that region…
Chapter XXXVOn the rug-covered bench where Pierre had seen him in the morning sat…
Chapter XXXVIPrince Andréy’s regiment was among the reserves which till after one…
Chapter XXXVIIOne of the doctors came out of the tent in a bloodstained apron…
Chapter XXXVIIIThe terrible spectacle of the battlefield covered with dead and…
Chapter XXXIXSeveral tens of thousands of the slain lay in diverse postures and…
Book III · Part III: 1812
Chapter IAbsolute continuity of motion is not comprehensible to the human…
Chapter IIThe forces of a dozen European nations burst into Russia. The Russian…
Chapter IIIWhen Ermólov, having been sent by Kutúzov to inspect the position…
Chapter IVThe Council of War began to assemble at two in the afternoon in the…
Chapter VAt that very time, in circumstances even more important than…
Chapter VIElèn, having returned with the court from Vílna to Petersburg, found…
Chapter VIIElèn understood that the question was very simple and easy from the…
Chapter VIIIToward the end of the battle of Borodinó, Pierre, having run down…
Chapter IXScarcely had Pierre laid his head on the pillow before he felt…
Chapter XOn the thirtieth of August Pierre reached Moscow. Close to the gates…
Chapter XIIn the middle of this fresh tale Pierre was summoned to the commander…
Chapter XIIThe Rostóvs remained in Moscow till the first of September, that is…
Chapter XIIIOn Saturday, the thirty-first of August, everything in the Rostóvs’…
Chapter XIVMadame Schoss, who had been out to visit her daughter, increased the…
Chapter XVMoscow’s last day had come. It was a clear bright autumn day, a…
Chapter XVIBerg, the Rostóvs’ son-in-law, was already a colonel wearing the…
Chapter XVIIBefore two o’clock in the afternoon the Rostóvs’ four carriages…
Chapter XVIIIFor the last two days, ever since leaving home, Pierre had been…
Chapter XIXKutúzov’s order to retreat through Moscow to the Ryazán road was…
Chapter XXMeanwhile Moscow was empty. There were still people in it, perhaps a…
Chapter XXIThe Russian troops were passing through Moscow from two o’clock at…
Chapter XXIIMeanwhile, the city itself was deserted. There was hardly anyone in…
Chapter XXIIIFrom an unfinished house on the Varvárka, the ground floor of which…
Chapter XXIVOn the evening of the first of September, after his interview with…
Chapter XXVToward nine o’clock in the morning, when the troops were already…
Chapter XXVIToward four o’clock in the afternoon Murat’s troops were entering…
Chapter XXVIIThe absorption of the French by Moscow, radiating starwise as it did…
Chapter XXVIIIPierre, having decided that until he had carried out his design he…
Chapter XXIXWhen the French officer went into the room with Pierre the latter…
Chapter XXXThe glow of the first fire that began on the second of September was…
Chapter XXXIThe valet, returning to the cottage, informed the count that Moscow…
Chapter XXXIISeven days had passed since Prince Andréy found himself in the…
Chapter XXXIIIOn the third of September Pierre awoke late. His head was aching, the…
Chapter XXXIVHaving run through different yards and side streets, Pierre got back…
Book IV · Part I: 1812
Chapter IIn Petersburg at that time a complicated struggle was being carried…
Chapter IIAnna Pávlovna’s presentiment was in fact fulfilled. Next day during…
Chapter IIINine days after the abandonment of Moscow, a messenger from Kutúzov…
Chapter IVIt is natural for us who were not living in those days to imagine…
Chapter VNikoláy sat leaning slightly forward in an armchair, bending closely…
Chapter VIOn reaching Moscow after her meeting with Rostóv, Princess Márya had…
Chapter VIIThe dreadful news of the battle of Borodinó, of our losses in killed…
Chapter VIIISónya’s letter written from Tróitsa, which had come as an answer to…
Chapter IXThe officer and soldiers who had arrested Pierre treated him with…
Chapter XOn the eighth of September an officer—a very important one judging by…
Chapter XIFrom Prince Shcherbátov’s house the prisoners were led straight down…
Chapter XIIAfter the execution Pierre was separated from the rest of the…
Chapter XIIITwenty-three soldiers, three officers, and two officials were…
Chapter XIVWhen Princess Márya heard from Nikoláy that her brother was with the…
Chapter XVWhen Natásha opened Prince Andréy’s door with a familiar movement and…
Chapter XVINot only did Prince Andréy know he would die, but he felt that he was…
Book IV · Part II: 1812
Chapter IMan’s mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their completeness…
Chapter IIThe famous flank movement merely consisted in this: after the advance…
Chapter IIIThe Russian army was commanded by Kutúzov and his staff, and also by…
Chapter IVBennigsen’s note and the Cossack’s information that the left flank of…
Chapter VNext day the decrepit Kutúzov, having given orders to be called…
Chapter VINext day the troops assembled in their appointed places in the…
Chapter VIIMeanwhile another column was to have attacked the French from the…
Chapter VIIINapoleon enters Moscow after the brilliant victory de la Moskowa…
Chapter IXWith regard to military matters, Napoleon immediately on his entry…
Chapter XBut strange to say, all these measures, efforts, and plans—which were…
Chapter XIEarly in the morning of the sixth of October Pierre went out of the…
Chapter XIIFour weeks had passed since Pierre had been taken prisoner and though…
Chapter XIIIThe French evacuation began on the night between the sixth and…
Chapter XIVThrough the cross streets of the Khamóvniki quarter the prisoners…
Chapter XVIn the early days of October another envoy came to Kutúzov with a…
Chapter XVIIt was a warm, dark, autumn night. It had been raining for four days.…
Chapter XVIIKutúzov like all old people did not sleep much at night. He often…
Chapter XVIIIFrom the time he received this news to the end of the campaign all…
Chapter XIXA man in motion always devises an aim for that motion. To be able to…
Book IV · Part III: 1812
Chapter IThe Battle of Borodinó, with the occupation of Moscow that followed…
Chapter IIOne of the most obvious and advantageous departures from the…
Chapter IIIThe so-called partisan war began with the entry of the French into…
Chapter IVIt was a warm rainy autumn day. The sky and the horizon were both the…
Chapter VThe rain had stopped, and only the mist was falling and drops from…
Chapter VIAfter talking for some time with the esaul about next day’s attack…
Chapter VIIPétya, having left his people after their departure from Moscow…
Chapter VIIIThe arrival of Dólokhov diverted Pétya’s attention from the drummer…
Chapter IXHaving put on French greatcoats and shakos, Pétya and Dólokhov rode…
Chapter XHaving returned to the watchman’s hut, Pétya found Denísov in the…
Chapter XIThe men rapidly picked out their horses in the semidarkness…
Chapter XIIDuring the whole of their march from Moscow no fresh orders had been…
Chapter XIIIAt midday on the twenty-second of October Pierre was going uphill…
Chapter XIV“À vos places!” suddenly cried a voice.
Chapter XVThe stores, the prisoners, and the marshal’s baggage train stopped at…
Chapter XVIAfter the twenty-eighth of October when the frosts began, the flight…
Chapter XVIIThe movements of the Russian and French armies during the campaign…
Chapter XVIIIThis campaign consisted in a flight of the French during which they…
Chapter XIXWhat Russian, reading the account of the last part of the campaign of…
Book IV · Part IV: 1812–13
Chapter IWhen seeing a dying animal a man feels a sense of horror: substance…
Chapter IIBesides a feeling of aloofness from everybody Natásha was feeling a…
Chapter IIIPrincess Márya postponed her departure. Sónya and the count tried to…
Chapter IVAfter the encounter at Vyázma, where Kutúzov had been unable to hold…
Chapter VIn 1812 and 1813 Kutúzov was openly accused of blundering. The…
Chapter VIThe fifth of November was the first day of what is called the battle…
Chapter VIIWhen the troops reached their night’s halting place on the eighth of…
Chapter VIIIOne would have thought that under the almost incredibly wretched…
Chapter IXThe Fifth Company was bivouacking at the very edge of the forest. A…
Chapter XThe French army melted away at the uniform rate of a mathematical…
Chapter XINext day the field marshal gave a dinner and ball which the Emperor…
Chapter XIIAs generally happens, Pierre did not feel the full effects of the…
Chapter XIIIIn external ways Pierre had hardly changed at all. In appearance he…
Chapter XIVIt would be difficult to explain why and whither ants whose heap has…
Chapter XVAt the end of January Pierre went to Moscow and stayed in an annex of…
Chapter XVI“She has come to stay with me,” said Princess Márya. “The count and…
Chapter XVIIPierre was shown into the large, brightly lit dining room; a few…
Chapter XVIIIIt was a long time before Pierre could fall asleep that night. He…
Chapter XIXThere was nothing in Pierre’s soul now at all like what had troubled…
Chapter XXAfter Pierre’s departure that first evening, when Natásha had said to…
Epilogue · First Epilogue: 1813–20
Chapter ISeven years had passed. The storm-tossed sea of European history had…
Chapter IIIf we assume as the historians do that great men lead humanity to the…
Chapter IIIThe fundamental and essential significance of the European events of…
Chapter IVThe flood of nations begins to subside into its normal channels. The…
Chapter VNatásha’s wedding to Bezúkhov, which took place in 1813, was the last…
Chapter VIAt the beginning of winter Princess Márya came to Moscow. From…
Chapter VIIIn the winter of 1813 Nikoláy married Princess Márya and moved to…
Chapter VIIIOne matter connected with his management sometimes worried Nikoláy…
Chapter IXIt was the eve of St. Nikoláy, the fifth of December, 1820. Natásha…
Chapter XNatásha had married in the early spring of 1813, and in 1820 already…
Chapter XITwo months previously when Pierre was already staying with the…
Chapter XIIAs in every large household, there were at Bald Hills several…
Chapter XIIIWhen Pierre and his wife entered the drawing room the countess was in…
Chapter XIVSoon after this the children came in to say good night. They kissed…
Chapter XVThe conversation at supper was not about politics or societies, but…
Chapter XVINatásha and Pierre, left alone, also began to talk as only a husband…
Epilogue · Second Epilogue
Chapter IHistory is the life of nations and of humanity. To seize and put into…
Chapter IIWhat force moves the nations?
Chapter IIIA locomotive is moving. Someone asks: “What moves it?” A peasant says…
Chapter IVHaving abandoned the conception of the ancients as to the divine…
Chapter VThe life of the nations is not contained in the lives of a few men…
Chapter VIOnly the expression of the will of the Deity, not dependent on time…
Chapter VIIWhen an event is taking place people express their opinions and…
Chapter VIIIIf history dealt only with external phenomena, the establishment of…
Chapter IXFor the solution of the question of free will or inevitability…
Chapter XThus our conception of free will and inevitability gradually…
Chapter XIHistory examines the manifestations of man’s free will in connection…
Chapter XIIFrom the time the law of Copernicus was discovered and proved, the…

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War and Peace

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