Chapter 20 - Pierre looks for the position occupied by the army On the morning of the twenty-fifth Pierre was leaving Mozhaysk. At the descent of the high steep hill, down which a winding road led out of the town past the cathedral on the right, wher
Chapter 19 - The senselessness of the battle of Borodin On the twenty-fourth of August the battle of the Shevardino Redoubt was fought, on the twenty-fifth not a shot was fired by either side, and on the twenty-sixth the battle of Borodino itself too
Chapter 18 - Rostopchns broadsheets. Pierre leaves for the army When Pierre returned home he was handed two of Rostopchins broadsheets that had been brought that day. The first declared that the report that Count Rostopchin had forbidden people to le
Chapter 17 - Moscow after the Emperors visit After the Emperor had left Moscow, life flowed on there in its usual course, and its course was so very usual that it was difficult to remember the recent days of patriotic elation and ardor, hard to belie
Chapter 16 Well, thats all! said Kutuzov as he signed the last of the documents, and rising heavily and smoothing out the folds in his fat white neck he moved toward the door with a more cheerful expression. The priests wife, flushing rosy red, caugh
Chapter 14 - Nikolai confronts the peasants Well, is she pretty? Ah, friend my pink one is delicious; her name is Dunyasha. . . . But on glancing at Rostovs face Ilyin stopped short. He saw that his hero and commander was following quite a different
Chapter 13 - Nikolai and Ilyn ride to Boguchrovo On the seventeenth of August Rostov and Ilyin, accompanied by Lavrushka who had just returned from captivity and by an hussar orderly, left their quarters at Yankovo, ten miles from Bogucharovo, and we
Chapter 12 - Princess Marya remembers her father For a long time that night Princess Marya sat by the open window of her room hearing the sound of the peasants voices that reached her from the village, but it was not of them she was thinking. She fel
Chapter 11 - Princess Mary addresses the peasants An hour later Dunyasha came to tell the princess that Dron had come, and all the peasants had assembled at the barn by the princess order and wished to have word with their mistress. But I never told
Chapter 10 - Princess Marya makes up her mind to leave Boguchrovo After her fathers funeral Princess Marya shut herself up in her room and did not admit anyone. A maid came to the door to say that Alpatych was asking for orders about their departure.
Chapter 9 - The rebellious mood of the Boguchrovo peasants Until Prince Andrey settled in Bogucharovo its owners had always been absentees, and its peasants were of quite a different character from those of Bald Hills. They differed from them in spee
Chapter 23 - Pierre rides to the left flank with Bennigsen From Gorki, Bennigsen descended the highroad to the bridge which, when they had looked it from the hill, the officer had pointed out as being the center of our position and where rows of frag
Chapter 22 - Pierre meets old acquaintances Staggering amid the crush, Pierre looked about him. Count Peter Kirilovich! How did you get here? said a voice. Pierre looked round. Boris Drubetskoy, brushing his knees with his hand (he had probably soile
Chapter 24 - Prince Andrews reflections on life and death On that bright evening of August 25, Prince Andrey lay leaning on his elbow in a broken-down shed in the village of Knyazkovo at the further end of his regiments encampment. Through a gap in t
Chapter 25 - Prince Andrey's opinions on war. The spirit of the army The officers were about to take leave, but Prince Andrey, apparently reluctant to be left alone with his friend, asked them to stay and have tea. Seats were brought in and so was th
Chapter 26 - Napoleons proclamation On August 25, the eve of the battle of Borodino, M. de Beausset, prefect of the French Emperors palace, arrived at Napoleons quarters at Valuevo with Colonel Fabvier, the former from Paris and the latter from Madri
Chapter 27 - Napoleons dispositions for the battle of Borodin On the twenty-fifth of August, so his historians tell us, Napoleon spent the whole day on horseback inspecting the locality, considering plans submitted to him by his marshals, and persona
Chapter 28 - Why the battle had to be fought Many historians say that the French did not win the battle of Borodino because Napoleon had a cold, and that if he had not had a cold the orders he gave before and during the battle would have been still m
Chapter 11 - An informal Council of War Prince Andreys eyes were still following Pfuel out of the room when Count Bennigsen entered hurriedly, and nodding to Bolkonsky, but not pausing, went into the study, giving instructions to his adjutant as he w
Chapter 9 - Prince Andrew in the army at Drissa Prince Andrey reached the general headquarters of the army at the end of June. The first army, with which was the Emperor, occupied the fortified camp at Drissa; the second army was retreating, trying t
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