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VIII. Dolokhov arrives. His stern simplicity and Petya’s admiration.

IX. In French uniforms, Dolokhov and Petya visit the village and come back safely.

X. Petya in Denisov’s camp. Sleeplessness. A Cossack sharpens his saber for him. Petya’s musical hallucinations.

XI. The attack on the French. Petya ignores Dolokhov’s warning and is killed. The French taken and the Russian prisoners freed. Pierre is among them.

XII. Pierre’s recent days with the prisoners. Karataev’s illness. Pierre’s reaction.

XIII. Karataev’s story.

XIV. The convoy moves on, but Karataev stays behind. A shot. Karataev’s dog howls.

XV. Pierre’s thoughts and memories. The raid and liberation. Petya’s burial.

XVI–XVII. General remarks about the French retreat. Berthier’s report to Napoleon. The movements of the two armies during the final period of the war.

XVIII. Critique of French historical accounts of the retreat. Greatness and heroism reconsidered.

XIX. Critique of Russian historical accounts.

Part Four

I. Natasha and Princess Marya after Prince Andrei’s death. Natasha’s memories.

II. The Rostovs learn of Petya’s death. Natasha looks after her mother.

III. Friendship of Natasha and Princess Marya. They go to Moscow together.

IV. With the Russian army after Vyazma. Kutuzov’s consistency. Conflicts with his generals. Three-day slaughter at Krasnoe.

V. Defense of Kutuzov.

VI. Kutuzov addresses his troops at Krasnoe.

VII–IX. Life in a Russian infantry camp at Krasnoe. Captain Ramballe and his orderly Morel are brought in. Morel teaches the Russians a French song.

X. The crossing of the Berezina. Dissatisfaction with Kutuzov at court. He goes to Vilno. Meeting with the emperor.

XI. Kutuzov gives a dinner and ball for the emperor. His opposition to continuing the war in Europe. He is replaced as commander in chief. His death foretold.

XII–XIII. Pierre falls ill in Orel. His joyful feeling of freedom and its effect on others. He returns to Moscow.

XIV. Rebirth of Moscow.

XV–XVII. Pierre arrives in Moscow. Goes to visit Princess Marya. Natasha. She tells him about Prince Andrei’s death. Pierre tells his story. Natasha and Princess Marya talk of him after he leaves.

XVIII–XX. Pierre in love. Dinner with Natasha and Princess Marya. Princess Marya’s talk with Pierre. He goes to Petersburg. Happy insanity. Natasha transformed. Hints at future marriages.

EPILOGUE

Part One

I–IV. Seven years later. General thoughts on the war of 1812 and its historical representations. Chance and genius. Reasons for the movements of peoples. The role of great men.

V–VII. Marriage of Pierre and Natasha. Death of Count Ilya Andreich. Nikolai in straitened circumstances. Princess Marya comes to Moscow. Strained meeting with Nikolai. They marry and move to Bald Hills. Nikolai takes up estate management in earnest.

VIII–XVI. Life at Bald Hills. The feast of St. Nicholas in 1820. Pierre and Natasha visit Bald Hills. Gifts and children. Young Nikolai Bolkonsky listens to a political discussion between Pierre and Nikolai. Intimate conversation between Nikolai and Princess Marya. Her diary. Intimate conversation between Pierre and Natasha. Young Nikolai Bolkonsky’s dream. Mucius Scaevola. Thoughts of Pierre and of his father.

Part Two

I–XII. Reflections on history and historians, greatness and power, freedom and necessity.

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RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

The Eternal Husband and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Stories by Anton Chekhov

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Complete Short Novels by Anton Chekhov

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Double and The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky

FOOTNOTES

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