War and Peace
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- 1. Part 1: War And Peace 16:14 Free
- 2. Part 2: "Oh, don't speak to me of Austria 9:35
- 3. Part 3: The young Princess BolkĂłnskaya had brought some work... 9:06
- 4. Part 4: The princess rested her bare round arm on a little t... 9:38
- 5. Part 5: "Listen to me, Prince," said she 10:10
- 6. Part 6: "Liberty and equality," said the vicomte contemptuou... 10:02
- 7. Part 7: "One can't everywhere say all one thinks, mon cher 10:21
- 8. Part 8: As he said this Prince Andrew was less than ever lik... 9:17
- 9. Part 9: DĂłlokhov was of medium height, with curly hair and l... 10:18
- 10. Part 10: "I am very, very grateful to you, mon cher," or "ma... 10:09
- 11. Part 11: Natásha, raising her face for a moment from her moth... 9:49
- 12. Part 12: "What's the good of denying it, my dear 10:48
- 13. Part 13: "To Prince VasĂli 10:24
- 14. Part 14: A door of one of the inner rooms opened and one of t... 10:24
- 15. Part 15: Pierre saw that BorĂs wished to change the subject... 10:22
- 16. Part 16: "La balance y est 9:51
- 17. Part 17: "It is for the reasson, my goot sir," said he, speak... 10:23
- 18. Part 18: And again she began to sob, more bitterly than before 9:45
- 19. Part 19: "I wonder, is it not too late to administer unction?... 10:00
- 20. Part 20: "Yes, but you are not the only one 10:00
- 21. Part 21: Pierre, having made up his mind to obey his monitres... 9:16
- 22. Part 22: After a few minutes' bustle beside the high bedstead... 9:49
- 23. Part 23: Prince VasĂli came next 9:36
- 24. Part 24: "This won't do, Princess; it won't do," said he, whe... 9:15
- 25. Part 25: I never could understand the fondness some people ha... 9:45
- 26. Part 26: "And are the hours the same 10:02
- 27. Part 27: And the conversation again turned on the war, on Bon... 10:24
- 28. Part 28: "Ah! my dear, I am afraid you and your monk are wast... 10:54
- 29. Part 29: "Well, now, good-by!" He gave his son his hand to ki... 9:25
- 30. Part 30: "You will soon be dressing your men in petticoats 10:05
- 31. Part 31: "You won't bear me a grudge, Prokhór Ignátych?" said... 10:21
- 32. Part 32: "On the contrary," he said, in a querulous and angry... 9:31
- 33. Part 33: "I have the honor to congratulate you 10:32
- 34. Part 34: In the passage DenĂsov, with a pipe, was squatting o... 10:41
- 35. Part 35: "And I tell you, RostĂłv, that you must apologize to... 10:36
- 36. Part 36: On the opposite side the enemy could be seen by the... 10:10
- 37. Part 37: "What a dandy you are today!" said NesvĂtski, lookin... 9:41
- 38. Part 38: "I don't myself know 'to who,'" replied the cornet i... 10:14
- 39. Part 39: And DenĂsov rode up to a group that had stopped near... 9:20
- 40. Part 40: "From General Field Marshal KutĂşzov?" he asked 10:10
- 41. Part 41: "Prince Auersperg is on this, on our side of the riv... 10:15
- 42. Part 42: "From where to where, Your Majesty?" "From DĂĽrrenste... 10:28
- 43. Part 43: That same night, having taken leave of the Minister... 9:51
- 44. Part 44: Prince Andrew moved toward the door from whence voic... 9:14
- 45. Part 45: Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon Prin... 9:33
- 46. Part 46: "Now then, go on, go on!" incited the officer, bendi... 9:40
- 47. Part 47: The feeling, "It has begun 8:53
- 48. Part 48: In front of them rows of gray cloaks were already vi... 9:09
- 49. Part 49: The command of the left flank belonged by seniority... 9:07
- 50. Part 50: He did not now run with the feeling of doubt and con... 9:31
- 51. Part 51: From the deafening sounds of his own guns around him... 10:16
- 52. Part 52: It was no longer, as before, a dark, unseen river fl... 9:48
- 53. Part 53: "Nobody wants me!" thought RostĂłv 9:28
- 54. Part 54: Like the others, Anna Pávlovna Schérer showed Pierre... 8:12
- 55. Part 55: "But she's stupid 8:46
- 56. Part 56: Everybody laughed a great deal 10:11
- 57. Part 57: "All this had to be and could not be otherwise," tho... 9:59
- 58. Part 58: He shaved and scented himself with the care and eleg... 9:14
- 59. Part 59: When Princess Mary came down, Prince VasĂli and his... 10:10
- 60. Part 60: "A splendid soldier, splendid 9:55
- 61. Part 61: "What devil brought them here?" thought he, while TĂ... 10:29
- 62. Part 62: "NikĂłlenka... a letter 10:08
- 63. Part 63: "What a style! How charmingly he describes!" said sh... 9:58
- 64. Part 64: In the letter from his parents was enclosed a letter... 9:35
- 65. Part 65: Only when Prince Andrew was gone did RostĂłv think of... 9:30
- 66. Part 66: When the review was over, the newly arrived officers... 9:00
- 67. Part 67: "Ah, my dear fellow, what a battle we have gained 9:57
- 68. Part 68: The Emperor drew level with RostĂłv and halted 9:28
- 69. Part 69: BolkĂłnski took the opportunity to go in to get some... 8:51
- 70. Part 70: The generals seemed to listen reluctantly to the dif... 9:12
- 71. Part 71: That same night, RostĂłv was with a platoon on skirmi... 10:29
- 72. Part 72: "Oh, very well, you may stay in attendance on me." "... 9:48
- 73. Part 73: It was nine o'clock in the morning 9:29
- 74. Part 74: This unpleasant impression merely flitted over the y... 9:38
- 75. Part 75: "Stop those wretches!" gasped KutĂşzov to the regimen... 9:16
- 76. Part 76: The last of the Horse Guards, a huge pockmarked fell... 10:17
- 77. Part 77: In the village of Hosjeradek there were Russian troo... 8:51
- 78. Part 78: One of the hindmost guns that was going onto the dam... 9:46
- 79. Part 79: And Prince Andrew, with others fatally wounded, was... 10:08
- 80. Part 80: RostĂłv hurriedly put something on his feet, drew on... 9:59
- 81. Part 81: During RostĂłv's short stay in Moscow, before rejoini... 9:44
- 82. Part 82: All Moscow repeated Prince DolgorĂşkov's saying: "If... 9:07
- 83. Part 83: His efforts had not been in vain 9:56
- 84. Part 84: Next day, at eight in the morning, Pierre and NesvĂt... 10:26
- 85. Part 85: He remembered his honeymoon and blushed at the recol... 9:51
- 86. Part 86: After receiving this news late in the evening, when... 10:07
- 87. Part 87: There was no laughter in the maids' large hall 9:51
- 88. Part 88: RostĂłv's share in DĂłlokhov's duel with BezĂşkhov was... 9:47
- 89. Part 89: Little as Nicholas had occupied himself with SĂłnya o... 10:14
- 90. Part 90: About ten o'clock RostĂłv went to the English Hotel s... 10:11
- 91. Part 91: "It's all up! I'm lost!" thought he 10:48
- 92. Part 92: "Ah, it can't be avoided!" thought Nicholas, for the... 10:08
- 93. Part 93: The TorzhĂłk peddler woman, in a whining voice, went... 10:07
- 94. Part 94: Pierre listened with swelling heart, gazing into the... 10:13
- 95. Part 95: "Whatever happens to you," he said, "you must bear i... 9:48
- 96. Part 96: "In token of obedience, I ask you to undress." Pierr... 9:40
- 97. Part 97: The day after he had been received into the Lodge, P... 9:15
- 98. Part 98: He was not rich, but would spend his last groat to b... 9:32
- 99. Part 99: After the Austerlitz campaign Prince Andrew had firm... 9:48
- 100. Part 100: "'From all my riding,' he writes to the Emperor, 'I... 9:11
- 101. Part 101: About 80,000 went in payments on all the estates to... 9:17
- 102. Part 102: "Well, what is it?" came a sharp, unpleasant voice 9:28
- 103. Part 103: "Come, let's argue then," said Prince Andrew, "You t... 10:06
- 104. Part 104: "You say you can't see a reign of goodness and truth... 10:29
- 105. Part 105: "But, dear me, that must be a fraud!" said Pierre, n... 10:01
- 106. Part 106: Having once more entered into the definite condition... 9:29
- 107. Part 107: Five minutes later, DenĂsov came into the hut, climb... 10:19
- 108. Part 108: RostĂłv explained that he wanted to see Major DenĂsov... 10:10
- 109. Part 109: "The auditor wrote out a petition for you," continue... 9:54
- 110. Part 110: "On the contrary, I will do what I can 9:46
- 111. Part 111: Alexander and Napoleon, with the long train of their... 10:14
- 112. Part 112: He had in the highest degree a practical tenacity wh... 10:18
- 113. Part 113: Again all was silent, but Prince Andrew knew she was... 9:09
- 114. Part 114: But the moment the door opened one feeling alone app... 9:43
- 115. Part 115: Prince Andrew without joining in the conversation wa... 9:28
- 116. Part 116: On that first evening BolkĂłnski spent with him, havi... 8:54
- 117. Part 117: This speech not only made a strong impression, but c... 8:20
- 118. Part 118: Hélène had been at Erfurt during the famous meeting... 9:22
- 119. Part 119: Awoke late, read the Scriptures but was apathetic 9:07
- 120. Part 120: Berg's proposal was at first received with a perplex... 8:03
- 121. Part 121: All this time Natásha sat silent, glancing up at him... 10:18
- 122. Part 122: The grandee's well-known mansion on the English Quay... 9:43
- 123. Part 123: The two girls in their white dresses, each with a ro... 10:13
- 124. Part 124: "Allow me to introduce you to my daughter," said the... 9:40
- 125. Part 125: He entered the dining room 8:57
- 126. Part 126: Prince Andrew left the RostĂłvs' late in the evening 9:41
- 127. Part 127: After six rubbers the general got up, saying that it... 10:09
- 128. Part 128: Suddenly Pierre heaved a deep sigh and dumped his he... 10:23
- 129. Part 129: "Yes," replied the countess 10:02
- 130. Part 130: "Do you know I have entrusted him with our secret 9:15
- 131. Part 131: In the middle of the summer Princess Mary received a... 9:28
- 132. Part 132: In the first place he was sorry that Natásha, for wh... 9:41
- 133. Part 133: "Papa, he is a blackguard and a thief 9:29
- 134. Part 134: "That's it. Come on 9:47
- 135. Part 135: "You've let the wolf go 9:22
- 136. Part 136: With happy, exhausted faces, they laid the old wolf... 10:10
- 137. Part 137: "How is it pointing?" asked Nicholas, riding a hundr... 9:30
- 138. Part 138: Soon after "Uncle's" reappearance the door was opene... 9:53
- 139. Part 139: "And such a one!" she said 9:44
- 140. Part 140: Nicholas did not go to Moscow, and the countess did... 10:11
- 141. Part 141: "I should think so!" he replied 9:53
- 142. Part 142: But the countess would not agree to his going; he ha... 9:58
- 143. Part 143: "And who is this?" she asked her governess, peering... 10:28
- 144. Part 144: With Sónya's help and the maid's, Natásha got the gl... 9:26
- 145. Part 145: After Prince Andrew's engagement to Natásha, Pierre... 8:29
- 146. Part 146: He read, and read everything that came to hand 9:06
- 147. Part 147: At such moments something like a pride of sacrifice... 9:50
- 148. Part 148: And he narrated his whole conversation with the Fren... 9:38
- 149. Part 149: That winter the Karágins' house was the most agreeab... 9:14
- 150. Part 150: She held herself as erect, told everyone her opinion... 9:46
- 151. Part 151: Despite the uneasy glances thrown at her by Princess... 9:42
- 152. Part 152: "What right has he not to wish to receive me into hi... 9:15
- 153. Part 153: In the second act there was scenery representing tom... 9:40
- 154. Part 154: "O God! I am lost!" she said to herself 9:46
- 155. Part 155: After she had gone, a dressmaker from Madame Suppert... 10:11
- 156. Part 156: Hélène returned with Natásha to the drawing room 10:31
- 157. Part 157: "I had heard that it happens like this, and you must... 10:46
- 158. Part 158: "Makárka" (their name for Makárin) "will go through... 11:03
- 159. Part 159: "All take glasses; you too, Balagá 10:21
- 160. Part 160: Next day Count RostĂłv returned from his estate near... 9:41
- 161. Part 161: Pierre did not stay for dinner, but left the room an... 9:54
- 162. Part 162: "Now he is censured and accused by all who were enth... 10:20
- 163. Part 163: It was clear and frosty 8:46
- 164. Part 164: The people of the west moved eastwards to slay their... 9:17
- 165. Part 165: Some forty Uhlans were drowned in the river, though... 9:14
- 166. Part 166: Having set off in the small hours of the fourteenth... 8:42
- 167. Part 167: Balashëv found Davout seated on a barrel in the shed... 9:35
- 168. Part 168: "You say the demand now is that I am to withdraw bey... 9:31
- 169. Part 169: After all that Napoleon had said to him—those bursts... 8:54
- 170. Part 170: Of the activities that presented themselves to him... 9:40
- 171. Part 171: Princess Mary begged him to stay one day more, sayin... 9:14
- 172. Part 172: Of a fourth opinion the most conspicuous representat... 8:20
- 173. Part 173: Chernýshev was sitting at a window in the first room... 9:22
- 174. Part 174: During all these discussions Pfuel and his interpret... 9:32
- 175. Part 175: On his return from his furlough Nicholas, having bee... 9:18
- 176. Part 176: There were only three tumblers, the water was so mud... 9:44
- 177. Part 177: The infantry in front of them parted into platoons t... 9:30
- 178. Part 178: This simple thought could not occur to the doctors (... 8:41
- 179. Part 179: The countess was pleased with Natásha's zeal; after... 8:58
- 180. Part 180: "Commit ourselves to God," Natásha inwardly repeated 9:37
- 181. Part 181: Then it occurred to him: if the answer to the questi... 9:51
- 182. Part 182: At dinner, at which champagne was drunk to the healt... 9:36
- 183. Part 183: He felt that he no longer looked presentable, and fe... 9:13
- 184. Part 184: All these nobles, whom Pierre met every day at the C... 8:45
- 185. Part 185: Pierre wished to say that he was ready to sacrifice... 9:23
- 186. Part 186: In historical works on the year 1812 French writers... 9:20
- 187. Part 187: Princess Mary noticed to her surprise that during th... 9:51
- 188. Part 188: "Then hand to the governor in person a letter about... 9:35
- 189. Part 189: From beyond the town firing had been heard since ear... 10:00
- 190. Part 190: At that moment the pitiful wailing of women was hear... 10:02
- 191. Part 191: Prince Andrew was in command of a regiment, and the... 9:24
- 192. Part 192: "Flesh, bodies, cannon fodder!" he thought, and he l... 9:24
- 193. Part 193: On the ninth of August Prince VasĂli at Anna Pávlovn... 9:42
- 194. Part 194: Napoleon rode on, dreaming of the Moscow that so app... 9:19
- 195. Part 195: Princess Mary's heart beat so violently at this news... 10:06
- 196. Part 196: Prince Andrew's last stay at Boguchárovo, when he in... 9:06
- 197. Part 197: Alpátych did not insist further 9:57
- 198. Part 198: "The peasants are ruined 9:15
- 199. Part 199: "Even then he wanted to tell me what he told me the... 9:50
- 200. Part 200: When she began to tell him that all this had happene... 10:15
- 201. Part 201: "Well, supposing I do love him?" thought Princess Mary 10:03
- 202. Part 202: But at that moment DenĂsov, no more intimidated by h... 8:47
- 203. Part 203: "Go your way and God be with you 9:50
- 204. Part 204: "I hear that their affairs are in a very bad way," s... 10:17
- 205. Part 205: On his way home from VorontsĂłvo, as he was passing t... 9:11
- 206. Part 206: Not only did the Russians not fortify the position o... 9:10
- 207. Part 207: In spite of the obscurity of the soldier's words Pie... 10:11
- 208. Part 208: "They are bringing her, our Protectress 9:54
- 209. Part 209: BorĂs evidently said this to Pierre in order to be o... 9:43
- 210. Part 210: He looked at the row of birches shining in the sunsh... 10:05
- 211. Part 211: All were silent 9:49
- 212. Part 212: The Emperor Napoleon had not yet left his bedroom an... 9:25
- 213. Part 213: Having inspected the country opposite the Shevárdino... 9:01
- 214. Part 214: Moreover, the assertion made by various writers that... 9:38
- 215. Part 215: Mounting the steps to the knoll Pierre looked at the... 9:35
- 216. Part 216: The knoll to which Pierre ascended was that famous o... 9:29
- 217. Part 217: A cannon ball struck the very end of the earth work... 8:49
- 218. Part 218: From the battlefield adjutants he had sent out, and... 8:56
- 219. Part 219: All the old methods that had been unfailingly crowne... 9:28
- 220. Part 220: KutĂşzov ceased chewing and fixed an astonished gaze... 9:49
- 221. Part 221: Prince Andrew hesitated 9:59
- 222. Part 222: In the miserable, sobbing, enfeebled man whose leg h... 9:13
- 223. Part 223: Over the whole field, previously so gaily beautiful... 8:51
- 224. Part 224: The historians, replying to this question, lay befor... 8:36
- 225. Part 225: And after the adjutant comes the commissary general... 8:21
- 226. Part 226: Round the peasant's deal table, on which lay maps, p... 9:01
- 227. Part 227: They went away because for Russians there could be n... 9:05
- 228. Part 228: The course of the Father Confessor's arguments ran a... 9:46
- 229. Part 229: Toward the end of the battle of BorodinĂł, Pierre, ha... 10:00
- 230. Part 230: It was the voice of the groom, trying to wake him 9:59
- 231. Part 231: "There, you see, mon cher 9:20
- 232. Part 232: The countess watched the things being packed, was di... 9:10
- 233. Part 233: The countess looked with timid horror at her son's e... 9:32
- 234. Part 234: On waking up that morning Count Ilyá Rostóv left his... 10:07
- 235. Part 235: PĂ©tya was in the porch, engaged in giving out weapon... 9:50
- 236. Part 236: EfĂm, the old coachman, who was the only one the cou... 9:53
- 237. Part 237: A tall, bald-headed old man with a red nose, wearing... 9:14
- 238. Part 238: He was himself carried away by the tone of magnanimi... 8:37
- 239. Part 239: While the troops, dividing into two parts when passi... 10:08
- 240. Part 240: "If the count had been at home..." Mávra KuzmĂnichna... 9:42
- 241. Part 241: On the evening of the first of September, after his... 9:29
- 242. Part 242: The superintendent of police, whom the crowd had sto... 9:53
- 243. Part 243: "O Lord! The people are like wild beasts 9:50
- 244. Part 244: "Take off your cap 8:16
- 245. Part 245: The French attributed the Fire of Moscow au patrioti... 9:26
- 246. Part 246: Gerásim and the porter, who had followed Makár Alexé... 10:16
- 247. Part 247: "Oh, please!" said he 10:46
- 248. Part 248: "Onterkoff," said the captain and looked at Pierre f... 9:09
- 249. Part 249: The RostĂłv party spent the night at MytĂshchi, fourt... 10:10
- 250. Part 250: "SĂłnya, are you asleep 8:44
- 251. Part 251: And suddenly the sequence of these thoughts broke of... 9:44
- 252. Part 252: Pierre's way led through side streets to the Povarsk... 9:57
- 253. Part 253: "A child?" shouted a Frenchman from above 10:07
- 254. Part 254: A crowd had collected round the Uhlans 9:34
- 255. Part 255: Anna Pávlovna's presentiment was in fact fulfilled 9:11
- 256. Part 256: "Well, then, go back to the army," he said, drawing... 8:48
- 257. Part 257: Provincial life in 1812 went on very much as usual... 9:52
- 258. Part 258: "My dear boy, what a way to look at it 8:37
- 259. Part 259: After meeting Princess Mary, though the course of hi... 9:38
- 260. Part 260: Both letters were written from TrĂłitsa 9:30
- 261. Part 261: But when the guard was relieved next morning, Pierre... 9:31
- 262. Part 262: "Monseigneur!" exclaimed Pierre, not in an offended... 9:39
- 263. Part 263: When the pit had been filled up a command was given 10:15
- 264. Part 264: "Well, my dear fellow, I was still living at home,"... 9:41
- 265. Part 265: When Princess Mary heard from Nicholas that her brot... 9:38
- 266. Part 266: Natásha was gazing at her, but seemed afraid and in... 9:59
- 267. Part 267: When Princess Mary had left Prince Andrew she fully... 10:03
- 268. Part 268: From that day an awakening from life came to Prince... 8:59
- 269. Part 269: The famous flank movement merely consisted in this... 9:00
- 270. Part 270: The Cossack was sent for and questioned 9:42
- 271. Part 271: Toward dawn, Count OrlĂłv-DenĂsov, who had dozed off... 9:42
- 272. Part 272: If in the descriptions given by historians, especial... 9:21
- 273. Part 273: You, peaceful inhabitants of Moscow, artisans and wo... 9:16
- 274. Part 274: Fleeing from Moscow the soldiers took with them ever... 9:38
- 275. Part 275: And Karatáev, with a suddenly changed and saddened e... 9:01
- 276. Part 276: "There it is 9:46
- 277. Part 277: They marched very quickly, without resting, and halt... 8:37
- 278. Part 278: On the evening of October 11 Seslávin came to the Ar... 9:21
- 279. Part 279: The undecided question as to whether the wound infli... 9:24
- 280. Part 280: Coming out onto the highroad the French fled with su... 8:47
- 281. Part 281: And it is well for a people who do not—as the French... 9:13
- 282. Part 282: Having arranged matters thus, DenĂsov and DĂłlokhov i... 9:46
- 283. Part 283: DenĂsov, PĂ©tya, and the esaul, accompanied by some C... 9:51
- 284. Part 284: "I went for another one," TĂkhon continued, "and I c... 10:27
- 285. Part 285: "Ah, c'est vous!" said PĂ©tya 10:41
- 286. Part 286: He handed the horses over to the soldier who was sti... 10:18
- 287. Part 287: "Oh—why, that was in a dream!" Pétya said to himself... 10:12
- 288. Part 288: Of the artillery baggage train which had consisted o... 8:08
- 289. Part 289: "And so, brother" (it was at this point that Pierre... 9:51
- 290. Part 290: Suddenly and simultaneously a crowd of memories awok... 9:25
- 291. Part 291: This campaign consisted in a flight of the French du... 9:13
- 292. Part 292: Thirdly it was impossible, because the military term... 8:50
- 293. Part 293: There he is lying back in an armchair in his velvet... 10:23
- 294. Part 294: "No, no. Why did you bring me away 9:20
- 295. Part 295: These men, carried away by their passions, were but... 9:01
- 296. Part 296: KutĂşzov seemed preoccupied and did not listen to wha... 9:40
- 297. Part 297: The wattle wall the men had brought was set up in a... 9:52
- 298. Part 298: When Morel had drunk some vodka and finished his bow... 9:30
- 299. Part 299: The old man, experienced in court as well as in mili... 9:09
- 300. Part 300: Chapter Xii 9:12
- 301. Part 301: The doctor who attended Pierre and visited him every... 9:01
- 302. Part 302: The first Russians to enter Moscow were the Cossacks... 9:33
- 303. Part 303: Pierre had failed to notice Natásha because he did n... 10:17
- 304. Part 304: Pierre admitted that it was true, and from that was... 10:35
- 305. Part 305: "No; I mean do you know Natásha Rostóva?" "I heard a... 10:24
- 306. Part 306: When it was suggested to him that he should enter th... 9:43
- 307. Part 307: The activity of Alexander or of Napoleon cannot be c... 8:16
- 308. Part 308: This ideal of glory and grandeur—which consists not... 9:34
- 309. Part 309: Alexander I—the pacifier of Europe, the man who from... 9:09
- 310. Part 310: "I never expected anything else of him," said Prince... 9:28
- 311. Part 311: Having started farming from necessity, he soon grew... 9:09
- 312. Part 312: After that, when in discussions with his village eld... 9:37
- 313. Part 313: "Perhaps he is not asleep; I'll have an explanation... 9:29
- 314. Part 314: Natásha did not follow the golden rule advocated by... 9:03
- 315. Part 315: "It's all nonsense, all rubbish—those discussions wh... 9:15
- 316. Part 316: Though the most absent-minded and forgetful of men... 8:44
- 317. Part 317: Conversation of this kind, interesting to no one yet... 9:48
- 318. Part 318: "Well, everything is going to ruin 10:13
- 319. Part 319: "I quite, quite approve, my dearest!" said he with a... 9:53
- 320. Part 320: "Yes, and for me nothing else is serious 10:46
- 321. Part 321: In the first place the historian describes the activ... 9:11
- 322. Part 322: According to this view the power of historical perso... 9:09
- 323. Part 323: So long as histories are written of separate individ... 9:00
- 324. Part 324: Each historian, according to his view of what consti... 9:10
- 325. Part 325: The theory of the transference of the will of the pe... 8:42
- 326. Part 326: The soldiers, of whom there are the most, form the l... 9:14
- 327. Part 327: The presence of the problem of man's free will, thou... 9:06
- 328. Part 328: And so for history, the insoluble mystery presented... 8:01
- 329. Part 329: When we do not at all understand the cause of an act... 9:00
- 330. Part 330: Consciousness says: (1) I alone am, and all that exi... 9:15
- 331. Part 331: In the one case as in the other, on both sides the s... 2:25
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WAR AND PEACE
By Leo Tolstoy/Tolstoi CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
BOOK TWO: 1805
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
BOOK THREE: 1805
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
BOOK FOUR: 1806
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
BOOK FIVE: 1806 - 07
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
BOOK SIX: 1808 - 10
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
BOOK SEVEN: 1810 - 11
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
BOOK EIGHT: 1811 - 12
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
BOOK NINE: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
BOOK TEN: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
BOOK ELEVEN: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
BOOK TWELVE: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
BOOK THIRTEEN: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
BOOK FOURTEEN: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
BOOK FIFTEEN: 1812 - 13
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
FIRST EPILOGUE: 1813 - 20
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
SECOND EPILOGUE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
BOOK ONE: 1805
CHAPTER I
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist—I really believe he is Antichrist—I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend, no longer my 'faithful slave,' as you call yourself! But how do you do? I see I have frightened you—sit down and tell me all the news."
It was in July, 1805, and the speaker was the well-known Anna Pávlovna SchĂ©rer, maid of honor and favorite of the Empress Márya FĂ«dorovna. With these words she greeted Prince VasĂli Kurágin, a man of high rank and importance, who was the first to arrive at her reception. Anna Pávlovna had had a cough for some days. She was, as she said, suffering from la grippe; grippe being then a new word in St. Petersburg, used only by the elite.
All her invitations without exception, written in French, and delivered by a scarlet-liveried footman that morning, ran as follows:
"If you have nothing better to do, Count (or Prince), and if the prospect of spending an evening with a poor invalid is not too terrible, I shall be very charmed to see you tonight between 7 and 10—Annette Schérer."
"Heavens! what a virulent attack!" replied the prince, not in the least disconcerted by this reception. He had just entered, wearing an embroidered court uniform, knee breeches, and shoes, and had stars on his breast and a serene expression on his flat face. He spoke in that refined French in which our grandfathers not only spoke but thought, and with the gentle, patronizing intonation natural to a man of importance who had grown old in society and at court. He went up to Anna Pávlovna, kissed her hand, presenting to her his bald, scented, and shining head, and complacently seated himself on the sofa.
"First of all, dear friend, tell me how you are. Set your friend's mind at rest," said he without altering his tone, beneath the politeness and affected sympathy of which indifference and even irony could be discerned.
"Can one be well while suffering morally? Can one be calm in times like these if one has any feeling?" said Anna Pávlovna. "You are staying the whole evening, I hope?"
"And the fete at the English ambassador's? Today is Wednesday. I must put in an appearance there," said the prince. "My daughter is coming for me to take me there."
"I thought today's fete had been canceled. I confess all these festivities and fireworks are becoming wearisome."
"If they had known that you wished it, the entertainment would have been put off," said the prince, who, like a wound-up clock, by force of habit said things he did not even wish to be believed.
"Don't tease! Well, and what has been decided about NovosĂltsev's dispatch? You know everything."
"What can one say about it?" replied the prince in a cold, listless tone. "What has been decided? They have decided that Buonaparte has burnt his boats, and I believe that we are ready to burn ours."
Prince VasĂli always spoke languidly, like an actor repeating a stale part. Anna Pávlovna SchĂ©rer on the contrary, despite her forty years, overflowed with animation and impulsiveness. To be an enthusiast had become her social vocation and, sometimes even when she did not feel like it, she became enthusiastic in order not to disappoint the expectations of those who knew her. The subdued smile which, though it did not suit her faded features, always played round her lips expressed, as in a spoiled child, a continual consciousness of her charming defect, which she neither wished, nor could, nor considered it necessary, to correct.
In the midst of a conversation on political matters Anna Pávlovna burst out:
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