War and Peace

Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if...

Pierre had been educated abroad, and this reception at Anna Pvlovnas was the first he had attended...

If Buonaparte remains on the throne of France a year longer, the vicomte continued, with the air of...

Her tone was now querulous and her lip drawn up, giving her not a joyful, but an animal, squirrel...

I am very, very grateful to you, mon cher, or ma chre he called everyone without exception and...

Dont, Bors. You are such a diplomat that it is really tiresome, said Natsha in a mortified voice...

Oh dear, what am I thinking about. Ive mixed everything up. One has so many relatives in Moscow. So...

The count went in first with Mrya Dmtrievna, the countess followed on the arm of a colonel of...

In this room it was almost dark; only two tiny lamps were burning before the icons and there was a...

Pierres mind was in such a confused state that the word stroke suggested to him a blow from...

The enormous study was full of things evidently in constant use. The large table covered with books...

Prince Andrew, seeing that his father insisted, began at first reluctantly, but gradually with more...

Know this, Msha. I cant reproach, have not reproached, and never shall reproach my wife with...

Along the broad country road, edged on both sides by trees, came a high, light blue Viennese...

On Kutzovs staff, among his fellow officers and in the army generally, Prince Andrew had, as he had...

Rostv took the money, avoiding Telynins eyes, and went out of the room without a word. But at the...

Having cleared the way Densov stopped at the end of the bridge. Carelessly holding in his stallion...

The night was dark but starry, the road showed black in the snow that had fallen the previous day...

But the best of it was, said one, telling of the misfortune of a fellow diplomat, that the...

Prince Andrew moved toward the door from whence voices were heard. Just as he was going to open it...

It was true that a view over nearly the whole Russian position and the greater part of the enemys...

But haste was becoming imperative. Cannon and musketry, mingling together, thundered on the right...

In the darkness, it seemed as though a gloomy unseen river was flowing always in one direction,...

Mais, mon cher, I did this for my own sake, to satisfy my conscience, and there is nothing to thank...

Or he would suddenly feel ashamed of he knew not what. He felt it awkward to attract everyones...

What. Are you going to remain as you are, dear princess. she began. Theyll be announcing that the...

How she loves me. thought Princess Mary. How happy I am now, and how happy I may be with such a...

Anna Mikhylovna sat down beside him, with her own handkerchief wiped the tears from his eyes and...

But Bors noticed that he was preparing to make fun of Berg, and skillfully changed the subject. He...

When he entered, Prince Andrew, his eyes drooping contemptuously with that peculiar expression of...

On the eighteenth and nineteenth of November, the army advanced two days march and the enemys...

The night was foggy and through the fog the moonlight gleamed mysteriously. Yes, tomorrow,...

Just then at a distance behind Kutzov was heard the sound of regiments saluting, and this sound...

That is no business of mine, he thought. He had not ridden many hundred yards after that before he...

One of the hindmost guns that was going onto the dam turned off onto the ice. Crowds of soldiers...

Why, you remember before you went away.... Well, she says you are to forget all that.... She says....

Well, I will read them, then. Bagratin seemed to say, and, fixing his weary eyes on the paper,...

He remembered his honeymoon and blushed at the recollection. Particularly vivid, humiliating, and...

The nurse lit the gilt candles before the icons and sat down by the door with her knitting....

On the third day after Christmas Nicholas dined at home, a thing he had rarely done of late. It was...

Natsha, that winter, had for the first time begun to sing seriously, mainly because Densov so...

If He were not, he said quietly, you and I would not be speaking of Him, my dear sir. Of what, of...

Yes, that must be so, thought Pierre, when after these words the Rhetor went away, leaving him to...

Speaking of the position of Prussia, Anna Pvlovna very naturally asked Bors to tell them about his...

At first Prince Andrew read with his eyes only, but after a while, in spite of himself although he...

Yes, we know that, but the harm I am conscious of in myself is something I cannot inflict on...

Princess Mary really was disconcerted and red patches came on her face when they went in. In her...

Rostv lay down again on his bed and thought complacently. Let him fuss and bustle now, my jobs done...

Rostv had not the courage to persuade Densov, though he instinctively felt that the way advised by...

Napoleon slightly turned his head, and put his plump little hand out behind him as if to take...

For her I might as well not exist. thought Prince Andrew while he listened to her voice, for some...

I think, however, that these condemnations have some ground, returned Prince Andrew, trying to...

This speech not only made a strong impression, but created excitement in the lodge. The majority of...

You see, said Berg to his comrade, whom he called friend only because he knew that everyone has...

When her hair was done, Natsha, in her short petticoat from under which her dancing shoes showed,...

I have never enjoyed myself so much before. she said, and Prince Andrew noticed how her thin arms...

You can get to know something, you can ask for something. See how I managed from my first...

His father received his sons communication with external composure, but inward wrath. He could not...

Soon after Prince Andrew had gone, Princess Mary wrote to her friend Julie Kargina in Petersburg,...

This, answered Nicholas. You say it rests with me. Well, I dont like Anna Mikhylovna and I dont...

The wolf paused, turned its heavy forehead toward the dogs awkwardly, like a man suffering from the...

Rostv was particularly struck by the beauty of a small, pure bred, red spotted bitch on Ilgins...

And such a one. she said. But as soon as she had said it a new train of thoughts and feelings arose...

She sat down at the table and listened to the conversation between the elders and Nicholas, who had...

Hussars, ladies, witches, clowns, and bears, after clearing their throats and wiping the hoarfrost...

Natsha set to work to effect a reconciliation, and so far succeeded that Nicholas received a...

After Mtiviers departure the old prince called his daughter in, and the whole weight of his wrath...

Poisonous nourishment of a too sensitive soul, Thou, without whom happiness would for me be...

When the count returned, Natsha was impolitely pleased and hastened to get away. at that moment she...

And do you know, Countess, he said, suddenly addressing her as an old, familiar acquaintance, we...

A smile of pleasure never left Natshas face. She felt happy and as if she were blossoming under the...

How was it I noticed nothing. How could it go so far. Can she have left off loving Prince Andrew....

Tproo. Get out of the way. Hi.... Tproo.... The shouting of Balag and of the sturdy young fellow...

Pierre drove to Mrya Dmtrievnas to tell her of the fulfillment of her wish that Kurgin should be...

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the...

Yesterday I learned that, despite the loyalty with which I have kept my engagements with Your...

He nodded in answer to Balashvs low and respectful bow, and coming up to him at once began speaking...

Balashv bowed his head with an air indicating that he would like to make his bow and leave, and...

The fifth party consisted of those who were adherents of Barclay de Tolly, not so much as a man but...

Of all these men Prince Andrew sympathized most with Pfuel, angry, determined, and absurdly self...

The squadron overtook and passed the infantry and the battery which had also quickened their pace...

At the beginning of July more and more disquieting reports about the war began to spread in Moscow;...

Yes, Ive got it, said Pierre. The Emperor is to be here tomorrow... theres to be an Extraordinary...

A middle aged man, handsome and virile, in the uniform of a retired naval officer, was speaking in...

At the very beginning of the war our armies were divided, and our sole aim was to unite them,...

He went about looking at every corner. Every place seemed unsatisfactory, but worst of all was his...

He went out into the street. two men were running past toward the bridge. From different sides came...

I expect the Minister Barclay de Tolly has already reported the abandonment of Smolnsk to the...

The morning after little Nicholas had left, the old prince donned his full uniform and prepared to...

More important still, Alptych learned that on the morning of the very day he gave the village Elder...

The men crowded closer together, stirred, and rapidly took off their hats. Princess Mary lowered...

Unwilling to obtrude himself on the princess, Rostv did not go back to the house but remained in...

I am sorry, for I need you. But youre right, youre right. Its not here that men are needed....

Please impress upon Leppich to be very careful where he descends for the first time, that he may...

Having gone nearly three miles he at last met an acquaintance and eagerly addressed him. This was...

Here, at the extreme left flank, Bennigsen talked a great deal and with much heat, and, as it...

De Beaussets hands meanwhile were busily engaged arranging the present he had brought from the...

And it was not Napoleon who directed the course of the battle, for none of his orders were executed...

In contrast with the dread felt by the infantrymen placed in support, here in the battery where a...

Though there was no advantage in sending Friants division instead of Clapardes, and even an obvious...

Look out. came a frightened cry from a soldier and, like a bird whirring in rapid flight and...

To the men of both sides alike, worn out by want of food and rest, it began equally to appear...

On the Poklnny Hill, four miles from the Dorogomlov gate of Moscow, Kutzov got out of his carriage...

So she decided that it was necessary to prepare the opinion of society. She provoked the jealousy...

It was the voice of the groom, trying to wake him. The sun shone straight into Pierres face. He...

The cart in which the officer lay was turned into the Rostvs yard, and dozens of carts with wounded...

Berg was sitting beside the countess consoling her with the respectful attention of a relative. The...

A town captured by the enemy is like a maid who has lost her honor, thought he he had said so to...

We should ask him... thats he himself.... Yes, ask him indeed.... Why not. Hell explain... voices...

The crowd remained silent and only pressed closer and closer to one another. To keep one another...

A few instants after the echo of the reports resounding over the stone built Krmlin had died away...

Tut, tut, tut. Tell that to others, said the officer, waving his finger before his nose and...

Peter Kirlovich, come here. We have recognized you, he now seemed to hear the words she had uttered...

Seven days had passed since Prince Andrew found himself in the ambulance station on the field of...

The sounds of crackling and the din of falling walls and ceilings, the whistle and hiss of the...

Fancy the Emperors position. said they, and instead of extolling Kutzov as they had done the day...

Catherine Petrvna did actually play valses and the cossaise, and dancing began in which Nicholas...

That evening Nicholas did not go out, but stayed at home to settle some accounts with the horse...

They were taken to the entrance and led into the house one by one. Pierre was the sixth to enter....

And there was so much kindliness and simplicity in his singsong voice that Pierre tried to reply,...

Despite her excitement, Princess Mary realized that this was the countess and that it was necessary...

Can it or can it not be. he now thought as he looked at her and listened to the light click of the...

Prince Michael Ilarinovich. wrote the Emperor on the second of October in a letter that reached...

If many simultaneously and variously directed forces act on a given body, the direction of its...

Pierres attire by now consisted of a dirty torn shirt the only remnant of his former clothing, a...

At the bridge they all halted, waiting for those in front to get across. From the bridge they had a...

And in fact the head in the nightcap was lifted at once. On Konovntsyns handsome, resolute face...

He could not tell them what we say now. Why fight, why block the road, losing our own men and...

Beyond Shmshevo, Dlokhov was to observe the road in the same way, to find out at what distance...

You see, I took him first thing at dawn, Tkhon continued, spreading out his flat feet with...

He handed the horses over to the soldier who was stirring the pot and squatted down on his heels by...

At Dorogobzh while the soldiers of the convoy, after locking the prisoners in a stable, had gone...

The hussars and Cossacks crowded round the prisoners; one offered them clothes, another boots, and...

Fourthly, it would have been senseless to wish to take captive the Emperor, kings, and dukes whose...

She ran to her father, but he feebly waved his arm, pointing to her mothers door. Princess Mary,...

In 1812 and 1813 Kutzov was openly accused of blundering. The Emperor was dissatisfied with him....

What are you up to. suddenly came the authoritative voice of a sergeant major who came upon the men...

Because they could not understand him all these people assumed that it was useless to talk to the...

The princess, who had never liked Pierre and had been particularly hostile to him since she had...

Yes, she said, looking at his altered face after he had kissed her hand, so this is how we meet...

What, to Petersburg. What is Petersburg. Who is there in Petersburg. he asked involuntarily, though...

According to their accounts a reaction took place at that time in Russia also, and the chief...

But the smooth sea again suddenly becomes disturbed. The diplomatists think that their...

With Mademoiselle Bouriennes help the princess had maintained the conversation very well, but at...

Thanks to Densov the conversation at table soon became general and lively, and she did not talk to...

Thus in a time of trouble ever memorable to him after the birth of their first child who was...

When Pierre and his wife entered the drawing room the countess was in one of her customary states...

An awkward silence followed these words. Natsha was the first to speak, defending her husband and...

They were silent for a few seconds. Then suddenly turning to one another at the same time they both...

Peasants having no clear idea of the cause of rain, say, according to whether they want rain or...