War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy [837]
XI–XII. On his way back, Pierre visits Prince Andrei at his estate of Bogucharovo. Long conversation about good and evil. Continued on the ferry.
XIII–XIV. Pierre and Prince Andrei at Bald Hills. Princess Marya and the “people of God.” The old prince returns.
XV. Nikolai Rostov rejoins his regiment. Hunger and sickness.
XVI. Denisov seizes a supply transport. Threatened with court-martial. Wounded by French sniper.
XVII–XVIII. Truce after the battle of Friedland. Nikolai visits Denisov in hospital. Captain Tushin. Discussion of Denisov’s fate.
XIX–XXI. Nikolai goes to Tilsit to intercede for Denisov. Meeting of the two emperors. Nikolai’s reaction.
Part Three
I–III. Two years later. Prince Andrei’s life at Bogucharovo and Bald Hills. The bare oak by the roadside. Natasha overheard. The oak again. Prince Andrei decides to return to government service.
IV–VI. Prince Andrei in Petersburg. Speransky and Arakcheev.
VII. Pierre and the Masons in Petersburg. His speech.
VIII. Pierre depressed. Letters from mother-in-law and Hélène. Goes to Moscow to see Bazdeev. Pierre’s diary. Reconciliation with his wife.
IX. Hélène’s salon in Petersburg. Her relations with Boris.
X. More from Pierre’s diary.
XI. The Rostovs go to Petersburg. Berg proposes to Vera.
XII–XIII. Natasha is sixteen. Meets Boris. Talks at night with her mother.
XIV–XVII. Natasha’s first grand ball on New Year’s Eve. Arrival of the emperor and empress. Pierre introduces Prince Andrei to Natasha.
XVIII. Prince Andrei at Speransky’s the next day. Disillusionment.
XIX. Prince Andrei calls on the Rostovs. Natasha’s singing and its effect on him.
XX–XXI. An evening with the Bergs. Prince Andrei and Natasha meet there.
XXII. Prince Andrei and Natasha in love. Natasha confides in her mother, Prince Andrei in Pierre.
XXIII. Before proposing, Prince Andrei goes to Bald Hills to ask his father’s consent. The old prince’s stern conditions. Prince Andrei returns and proposes.
XXIV. Prince Andrei and Natasha after the engagement. Prince Andrei leaves for abroad.
XXV–XXVI. The old prince at Bald Hills. Princess Marya’s trials.
Part Four
I. Reflections on idleness. Nikolai goes to Otradnoe on leave.
II. Nikolai confronts the steward Mitenka.
III. Preparations for the hunt. Natasha and Petya insist on joining in.
IV–VI. The hunt.
VII. Evening at uncle’s. Balalaika. Natasha dances.
VIII. The old countess and Nikolai. He refuses to marry for money. Nikolai and Sonya.
IX–XII. Christmastime at Otradnoe. The mummers. The night ride to Melyukovka. Fortune-telling.
XIII. The old countess opposes Nikolai’s marriage to Sonya. He goes back to his regiment. Natasha impatiently waits for Prince Andrei. She and Sonya return to Moscow with the old count.
Part Five
I. Pierre in Moscow. Moral dilemmas.
II. Old Prince Bolkonsky moves to Moscow with Marya and Nikolushka. Harsh treatment of Marya. The old prince and Mlle Bourienne.
III–IV. Scandal with Dr. Métivier. The prince’s name-day dinner. Political talk. Pierre and Marya discuss Boris and Julie Karagin.
V. Boris proposes to Julie.
VI. Count Rostov, Natasha, and Sonya come to Moscow and stay with Marya Dmitrievna.
VII. The count and Natasha call on Prince Bolkonsky.
VIII–X. The Rostovs at the opera. Hélène’s box. Her brother Anatole arrives. Meeting in Hélène’s box. Natasha’s confusion.
XI. Anatole and Dolokhov discuss Natasha.
XII. Hélène calls on Natasha in Marya Dmitrievna’s absence and invites her to a soirée.
XIII. Hélène’s soirée. Anatole and Natasha. Natasha’s sleepless night.
XIV. The Rostovs plan to go back to Otradnoe. Natasha receives two letters.
XV. Sonya reads the letter from Anatole. She confronts Natasha. Natasha breaks her engagement to Prince Andrei. She meets Anatole at the Kuragins’. Sonya resolves to prevent the elopement.
XVI. Anatole at Dolokhov’s. Preparations for the elopement.
XVII. Anatole and Dolokhov set off. Met by Marya Dmitrievna’s enormous footman.
XVIII. Marya Dmitrievna scolds Natasha.
XIX. Pierre tells Natasha the truth about Anatole.
XX. Pierre finds Anatole.