War and Peace

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

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02 CHAPTER II Anna Pavlovna's drawing room was gradually filling. The highest Petersburg society was assembled there:

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03 CHAPTER III Anna Pavlovna's reception was in full swing. The spindles hummed steadily and ceaselessly on all sides.

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04 CHAPTER IV Just then another visitor entered the drawing room: Prince Andrew Bolkonski, the little princess' husband. He was

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05 CHAPTER V "And what do you think of this latest comedy, the coronation at Milan?" asked Anna Pavlovna, "and of

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06 CHAPTER VI Having thanked Anna Pavlovna for her charming soiree, the guests began to take their leave.

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07 CHAPTER VII The rustle of a woman's dress was heard in the next room. Prince Andrew shook himself as if waking

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08 CHAPTER VIII The friends were silent. Neither cared to begin talking. Pierre continually glanced at Prince Andrew;

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09 CHAPTER IX It was past one o'clock when Pierre left his friend. It was a cloudless, northern, summer night. Pierre

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10 CHAPTER X Prince Vasili kept the promise he had given to Princess Drubetskaya who had spoken to him on behalf of her only

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11 CHAPTER XI Silence ensued. The countess looked at her callers, smiling affably, but not concealing the fact that she would not

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12 CHAPTER XII The only young people remaining in the drawing room, not counting the young lady visitor and the countess'

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13 CHAPTER XIII When Natasha ran out of the drawing room she only went as far as the conservatory. There she

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14 CHAPTER XIV After receiving her visitors, the countess was so tired that she gave orders to admit no more, but the

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15 CHAPTER XV "My dear Boris," said Princess Anna Mikhaylovna to her son as Countess Rostova's carriage in which

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16 CHAPTER XVI Pierre, after all, had not managed to choose a career for himself in Petersburg, and had been expelled from

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17 CHAPTER XVII After Anna Mikhaylovna had driven off with her son to visit Count Cyril Vladimirovich Bezukhov,

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18 CHAPTER XVIII Countess Rostova, with her daughters and a large number of guests, was already seated in the drawing room.

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20 CHAPTER XX 第 58 页 共 867 页

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21 CHAPTER XXI While in the Rostovs' ballroom the sixth anglaise was being danced, to a tune in which the weary musicians

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22 CHAPTER XXII While these conversations were going on in the reception room and the princess' room, a carriage containing

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23 CHAPTER XXIII 第 71 页 共 867 页

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24 CHAPTER XXIV There was now no one in the reception room except Prince Vasili and the eldest princess, who were sitting

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25 CHAPTER XXV At Bald Hills, Prince Nicholas Andreevich Bolkonski's estate, the arrival of young Prince Andrew and his wife was

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26 CHAPTER XXVI The gray-haired valet was sitting drowsily listening to the snoring of the prince, who was in his large

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27 CHAPTER XXVII At the appointed hour the prince, powdered and shaven, entered the dining room where his daughter-in-law,

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28 CHAPTER XXVIII Prince Andrew was to leave next evening. The old prince, not altering his routine, retired as usual after

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29 CHAPTER I In October, 1805, a Russian army was occupying the villages and towns of the Archduchy of Austria, and yet

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30 CHAPTER II "He's coming!" shouted the signaler at that moment.

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31 CHAPTER III On returning from the review, Kutuzov took the Austrian general into his private room and, calling his

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32 CHAPTER IV The Pavlograd Hussars were stationed two miles from Braunau. The squadron in which Nicholas Rostov served

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33 CHAPTER V That same evening there was an animated discussion among the squadron's officers in Denisov's quarters.

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34 CHAPTER VI Kutuzov fell back toward Vienna, destroying behind him the bridges over the rivers Inn (at Braunau) and Traun

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35 CHAPTER VII Two of the enemy's shots had already flown across the bridge, where there was a crush. Halfway

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36 CHAPTER VIII The last of the infantry hurriedly crossed the bridge, squeezing together as they approached it as if passing

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37 CHAPTER IX Pursued by the French army of a hundred thousand men under the command of Bonaparte, encountering a

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38 CHAPTER X Prince Andrew stayed at Brunn with Bilibin, a Russian acquaintance of his in the diplomatic service.

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39 CHAPTER XI Next day he woke late. Recalling his recent impressions, the first thought that came into his mind was that today

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40 CHAPTER XII At the levee Prince Andrew stood among the Austrian officers as he had been told to, and the Emperor

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41 CHAPTER XIII That same night, having taken leave of the Minister of War, Bolkonski set off to rejoin the army, not

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42 CHAPTER XIV On November 1 Kutuzov had received, through a spy, news that the army he commanded was in an almost

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43 CHAPTER XV Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon Prince Andrew, who had p ersisted in his request to

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44 CHAPTER XVI Having ridden round the whole line from right flank to left, Prince Andrew made his way up to the

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45 CHAPTER XVII Mounting his horse again Prince Andrew lingered with the battery, looking at the puff from the gun that had

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46 CHAPTER XVIII Prince Bagration, having reached the highest point of our right flank, began riding downhill to where the roll of

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47 CHAPTER XIX The attack of the Sixth Chasseurs secured the retreat of our right flank. In the center Tushin's forgotten battery,

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48 CHAPTER XX The infantry regiments that had been caught unawares in the outskirts of the wood ran out of it, the different

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49 CHAPTER XXI The wind had fallen and black clouds, merging with the powder smoke, hung low over the field of battle on the

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50 CHAPTER I 第 180 页 共 867 页

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51 CHAPTER II In November, 1805, Prince Vasili had to go on a tour of inspection in four different provinces. He had

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52 CHAPTER III Old Prince Nicholas Bolkonski received a letter from Prince Vasili in November, 1805, announcing that he

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53 CHAPTER IV When Princess Mary came down, Prince Vasili and his son were already in the drawing room, talking to the little

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54 CHAPTER V They all separated, but, except Anatole who fell asleep as soon as he got into bed, all kept awake a

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55 CHAPTER VI It was long since the Rostovs had news of Nicholas. Not till midwinter was the count at last handed a

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56 CHAPTER VII On the twelfth of November, Kutuzov's active army, in camp before Olmutz, was preparing to be

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57 CHAPTER VIII The day after Rostov had been to see Boris, a review was held of the Austrian and Russian troops, both those

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58 CHAPTER IX The day after the review, Boris, in his best uniform and with his comrade Berg's best wishes for success,

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59 CHAPTER X At dawn on the sixteenth of November, Denisov's squadron, in which Nicholas Rostov served and which was in

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60 CHAPTER XI The next day the Emperor stopped at Wischau, and Villier, his physician, was repeatedly summoned to see

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61 CHAPTER XII Shortly after nine o'clock that evening, Weyrother drove with his plans to Kutuzov's quarters where the

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62 CHAPTER XIII That same night, Rostov was with a platoon on skirmishing duty in front of Bagration's detachment. His hussars

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63 CHAPTER XIV At five in the morning it was still quite dark. The troops of the center, the reserves, and Bagration's right flank had

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64 CHAPTER XV At eight o'clock Kutuzov rode to Pratzen at the head of the fourth column, Miloradovich's, the one that was to take

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65 CHAPTER XVI Kutuzov accompanied by his adjutants rode at a walking pace behind the carabineers.

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66 CHAPTER XVII On our right flank commanded by Bagration, at nine o'clock the battle had not yet begun. Not wishing

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67 CHAPTER XVIII Rostov had been ordered to look for Kutuzov and the Emperor near the village of Pratzen. But neither they nor a

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68 CHAPTER XIX On the Pratzen Heights, where he had fallen with the flagstaff in his hand, lay Prince Andrew

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69 CHAPTER I Early in the year 1806 Nicholas Rostov returned home on leave. Denisov was going home to Voronezh and

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70 CHAPTER II On his return to Moscow from the army, Nicholas Rostov was welcomed by his home circle as the best of sons, a

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71 CHAPTER III On that third of March, all the rooms in the English Club were filled with a hum of conversation, like the hum of

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72 CHAPTER IV Pierre sat opposite Dolokhov and Nicholas Rostov. As usual, he ate and drank much, and eagerly. But those who

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73 CHAPTER V "Well begin!" said Dolokhov.

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74 CHAPTER VI Pierre had of late rarely seen his wife alone. Both in Petersburg and in Moscow their house was

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75 CHAPTER VII Two months had elapsed since the news of the battle of Austerlitz and the loss of Prince Andrew had reached

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76 CHAPTER VIII "Dearest," said the little princess after breakfast on the morning of the nineteenth March, and her downy little lip

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77 CHAPTER IX The little princess lay supported by pillows, with a white cap on her head (the pains had just left her).

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78 CHAPTER X Rostov's share in Dolokhov's duel with Bezukhov was hushed up by the efforts of the old count, and instead

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

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80 CHAPTER XII Iogel's were the most enjoyable balls in Moscow. So said the mothers as they watched their young people

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81 CHAPTER XIII For two days after that Rostov did not see Dolokhov at his own or at Dolokhov's home: on the third day

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82 CHAPTER XIV An hour and a half later most of the players were but little interested in their own play.

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83 CHAPTER XV To say "tomorrow" and keep up a dignified tone was not difficult, but to go home alone, see his sisters, brother,

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84 CHAPTER XVI It was long since Rostov had felt such enjoyment from music as he did that day. But no sooner had

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85 CHAPTER I After his interview with his wife Pierre left for Petersburg. At the Torzhok post station, either there were no horses

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86 CHAPTER II "I have the pleasure of addressing Count Bezukhov, if I am not mistaken," said the stranger in a

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87 CHAPTER III On reaching Petersburg Pierre did not let anyone know of his arrival, he went nowhere and spent

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88 CHAPTER IV Soon after this there came into the dark chamber to fetch Pierre, not the Rhetor but Pierre's sponsor, Willarski,

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89 CHAPTER V The day after he had been received into the Lodge, Pierre was sitting at home reading a book and trying to

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90 CHAPTER VI The duel between Pierre and Dolokhov was hushed up and, in spite of the Emperor's severity regarding

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91 CHAPTER VII When Boris and Anna Pavlovna returned to the others Prince Hippolyte had the ear of the company.

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92 CHAPTER VIII The war was flaming up and nearing the Russian frontier. Everywhere one heard curses on

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93 CHAPTER IX Bilibin was now at army headquarters in a diplomatic capacity, and though he wrote in French and

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94 CHAPTER X Soon after his admission to the Masonic Brotherhood, Pierre went to the Kiev province, where he had

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95 CHAPTER XI Returning from his journey through South Russia in the happiest state of mind, Pierre carried out an

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96 CHAPTER XII In the evening Andrew and Pierre got into the open carriage and drove to Bald Hills. Prince Andrew, glancing at

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97 CHAPTER XIII It was getting dusk when Prince Andrew and Pierre drove up to the front entrance of the house at Bald Hills.

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98 CHAPTER XIV The pilgrim woman was appeased and, being encouraged to talk, gave a long account of Father

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99 CHAPTER XV When returning from his leave, Rostov felt, for the first time, how close was the bond that united him to

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100 CHAPTER XVI In April the troops were enlivened by news of the Emperor's arrival, but Rostov had no chance of being

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101 CHAPTER XVII In June the battle of Friedland was fought, in which the Pavlograds did not take part, and after that an

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102 CHAPTER XVIII Going along the corridor, the assistant led Rostov to the officers' wards, consisting of three rooms, the

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103 CHAPTER XIX Having returned to the regiment and told the commander the state of Denisov's affairs, Rostov rode to

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104 CHAPTER XX Rostov had come to Tilsit the day least suitable for a petition on Denisov's behalf. He could not himself

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105 CHAPTER XXI The Emperor rode to the square where, facing one another, a battalion of the Preobrazhensk regiment

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106 CHAPTER XXII In 1809 the intimacy between "the world's two arbiters," as Napoleon and Alexander were called, was

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107 CHAPTER I Prince Andrew had spent two years continuously in the country.

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108 CHAPTER II Prince Andrew had to see the Marshal of the Nobility for the district in connection with the affairs of the

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109 CHAPTER III Next morning, having taken leave of no one but the count, and not waiting for the ladies to appear,

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110 CHAPTER IV Prince Andrew arrived in Petersburg in August, 1809. It was the time when the youthful Speranski was at the

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111 CHAPTER V While waiting for the announcement of his appointment to the committee Prince Andrew looked up his former

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112 CHAPTER VI During the first weeks of his stay in Petersburg Prince Andrew felt the whole trend of thought he had formed

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113 CHAPTER VII Nearly two years before this, in 1808, Pierre on returning to Petersburg after visiting his e states had

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114 CHAPTER VIII Again Pierre was overtaken by the depression he so dreaded. For three days after the delivery of his

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115 CHAPTER IX At that time, as always happens, the highest society that met at court and at the grand balls was divided into

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116 CHAPTER X Pierre went on with his diary, and this is what he wrote in it during that time:

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117 CHAPTER XI The Rostovs' monetary affairs had not improved during the two years they had spent in the country.

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118 CHAPTER XII Natasha was sixteen and it was the year 1809, the very year to which she had counted on her fingers

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119 CHAPTER XIII One night when the old countess, in nightcap and dressing jacket, without her false curls, and with her poor little

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120 CHAPTER XIV On the thirty-first of December, New Year's Eve, 1809 --10 an old grandee of Catherine's day was

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121 CHAPTER XV Natasha had not had a moment free since early morning and had not once had time to think of what

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122 CHAPTER XVI Suddenly everybody stirred, began talking, and pressed forward and then back, and between the two rows, which

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123 CHAPTER XVII After Prince Andrew, Boris came up to ask Natasha for dance, and then the aide-de-camp who had opened the

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124 CHAPTER XVIII Next day Prince Andrew thought of the ball, but his mind did not dwell on it long. "Yes, it was a very

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125 CHAPTER XIX Next day Prince Andrew called at a few houses he had not visited before, and among them at the

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126 CHAPTER XX One morning Colonel Berg, whom Pierre knew as he knew everybody in Moscow and Petersburg,

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127 CHAPTER V From Smolensk the troops continued to retreat, followed by the enemy. On the tenth of August the regiment Prince

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128 CHAPTER VI Among the innumerable categories applicable to the phenomena of human life one may discriminate between

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130 CHAPTER VIII Princess Mary was not in Moscow and out of danger as Prince Andrew supposed.

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131 CHAPTER IX Until Prince Andrew settled in Bogucharovo its owners had always been absentees, and its peasants

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132 CHAPTER X After her father's funeral Princess Mary shut herself up in her room and did not admit anyone. A maid

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133 CHAPTER XI An hour later Dunyasha came to tell the princess that Dron had come, and all the peasants had

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134 CHAPTER XII For a long time that night Princess Mary sat by the open window of her room hearing the sound of the

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135 CHAPTER XIII On the seventeenth of August Rostov and Ilyin, accompanied by Lavrushka who had just returned from captivity

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136 CHAPTER XIV "Well, is she pretty? Ah, friend--my pink one is delicious; her name is Dunyasha...."

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137 CHAPTER XV On receiving command of the armies Kutuzov remembered Prince Andrew and sent an order for him

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138 CHAPTER XVI "Well, that's all!" said Kutuzov as he signed the last of the documents, and rising heavily and smoothing out

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139 CHAPTER XVII After the Emperor had left Moscow, life flowed on there in its usual course, and its course was so very

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140 CHAPTER XVIII When Pierre returned home he was handed two of Rostopchin's broadsheets that had been brought that day.

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141 CHAPTER XIX On the twenty-fourth of August the battle of the Shevardino Redoubt was fought, on the twenty-fifth

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142 CHAPTER XX On the morning of the twenty-fifth Pierre was leaving Mozhaysk. At the descent of the high steep hill, down

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143 CHAPTER XXI Pierre stepped out of his carriage and, passing the toiling militiamen, ascended the knoll from which,

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144 CHAPTER XXII Staggering amid the crush, Pierre looked about him.

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145 CHAPTER XXIII From Gorki, Bennigsen descended the highroad to the bridge which, when they had looked it from the

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146 CHAPTER XXIV On that bright evening of August 25, Prince Andrew lay leaning on his elbow in a broken-down shed in

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147 CHAPTER XXV The officers were about to take leave, but Prince Andrew, apparently reluctant to be left alone with his

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149 CHAPTER XXVII On the twenty-fifth of August, so his historians tell us, Napoleon spent the whole day on horseback

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150 CHAPTER XXVIII Many historians say that the French did not win the battle of Borodino because Napoleon had a cold, and that if

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151 CHAPTER XXIX On returning from a second inspection of the lines, Napoleon remarked:

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152 CHAPTER XXX On returning to Gorki after having seen Prince Andrew, Pierre ordered his groom to get the horses

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153 CHAPTER XXXI Having descended the hill the general after whom Pierre was galloping turned sharply to the left, and Pierre,

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154 CHAPTER XXXII Beside himself with terror Pierre jumped up and ran back to the battery, as to the only refuge from the

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155 CHAPTER XXXIII The chief action of the battle of Borodino was fought within the seven thousand feet between Borodino and

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156 CHAPTER XXXIV Napoleon's generals--Davout, Ney, and Murat, who were near that region of fire and sometimes even entered it--

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157 CHAPTER XXXV On the rug-covered bench where Pierre had seen him in the morning sat Kutuzov, his gray head hanging,

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158 CHAPTER XXXVI Prince Andrew's regiment was among the reserves which till after one o'clock were stationed inactive

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159 CHAPTER XXXVII One of the doctors came out of the tent in a bloodstained apron, holding a cigar between the thumb

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160 CHAPTER XXXVIII The terrible spectacle of the battlefield covered with dead and wounded, together with the heaviness of his head

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161 CHAPTER XXXIX Several tens of thousands of the slain lay in diverse postures and various uniforms on the fields and meadows

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162 CHAPTER I Absolute continuity of motion is not comprehensible to the human mind. Laws of motion of any kind become

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163 CHAPTER II The forces of a dozen European nations burst into Russia. The Russian army and people avoided a

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164 CHAPTER III When Ermolov, having been sent by Kutuzov to inspect the position, told the field marshal that it was

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165 CHAPTER IV The Council of War began to assemble at two in the afternoon in the better and roomier part of Andrew

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166 CHAPTER V At that very time, in circumstances even more important than retreating without a battle, namely the

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167 CHAPTER VI Helene, having returned with the court from Vilna to Petersburg, found herself in a difficult position.

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168 CHAPTER VII Helene understood that the question was very simple and easy from the ecclesiastical point of view,

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169 CHAPTER VIII Toward the end of the battle of Borodino, Pierre, having run down from Raevski's battery a second time,

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170 CHAPTER IX Scarcely had Pierre laid his head on the pillow before he felt himself falling asleep, but suddenly, almost with the

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171 CHAPTER X On the thirteenth of August Pierre reached Moscow. Close to the gates of the city he was met by

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172 CHAPTER XI In the middle of this fresh tale Pierre was summoned to the commander in chief.

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173 CHAPTER XII The Rostovs remained in Moscow till the first of September, that is, till the eve of the enemy's entry into the city.

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174 CHAPTER XIII On Saturday, the thirty-first of August, everything in the Rostovs' house seemed topsy-turvy. All the doors

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175 CHAPTER XIV Madame Schoss, who had been out to visit her daughter, increased the countess' fears still more by

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176 CHAPTER XV Moscow's last day had come. It was a clear bright autumn day, a Sunday. The church bells everywhere

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177 CHAPTER XVI Berg, the Rostovs' son-in-law, was already a colonel wearing the orders of Vladimir and Anna, and he

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178 CHAPTER XVII Before two o'clock in the afternoon the Rostovs' four carriages, packed full and with the horses

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179 CHAPTER XVIII For the last two days, ever since leaving home, Pierre had been living in the empty house of his

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180 CHAPTER XIX Kutuzov's order to retreat through Moscow to the Ryazan road was issued at night on the first of September.

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181 CHAPTER XX Meanwhile Moscow was empty. There were still people in it, perhaps a fiftieth part of its former inhabitants

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182 CHAPTER XXI The Russian troops were passing through Moscow from two o'clock at night till two in the afternoon

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183 CHAPTER XXII Meanwhile, the city itself was deserted. There was hardly anyone in the streets. The gates and shops were

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184 CHAPTER XXIII From an unfinished house on the Varvarka, the ground floor of which was a dramshop, came drunken

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185 CHAPTER XXIV On the evening of the first of September, after his interview with Kutuzov, Count Rostopchin had returned to

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186 CHAPTER XXV Toward nine o'clock in the morning, when the troops were already moving through Moscow, nobody

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187 CHAPTER XXVI Toward four o'clock in the afternoon Murat's troops were entering Moscow. In front rode a detachment of

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188 CHAPTER XXVII The absorption of the French by Moscow, radiating starwise as it did, only reached the quarter where

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189 CHAPTER XXVIII Pierre, having decided that until he had carried out his design he would disclose neither his identity nor his

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190 CHAPTER XXIX When the French officer went into the room with Pierre the latter again thought it his duty to assure him th at

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191 CHAPTER XXX The glow of the first fire that began on the second of September was watched from the various roads

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192 CHAPTER XXXI The valet, returning to the cottage, informed the count that Moscow was burning. The count donned

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193 CHAPTER XXXII Seven days had passed since Prince Andrew found himself in the ambulance station on the field of Borodino. His

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194 CHAPTER XXXIII On the third of September Pierre awoke late. His head was aching, the clothes in which he had slept without

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195 CHAPTER XXXIV Having run through different yards and side streets, Pierre got back with his little burden to the Gruzinski

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196 CHAPTER I In Petersburg at that time a complicated struggle was being carried on with greater heat than ever in the highest

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197 CHAPTER II Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was in fact fulfilled. Next day during the service at the palace church in honor of

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198 CHAPTER III Nine days after the abandonment of Moscow, a messenger from Kutuzov reached Petersburg with the

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199 CHAPTER IV It is natural for us who were not living in those days to imagine that when half Russia had been conquered and

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200 CHAPTER V Nicholas sat leaning slightly forward in an armchair, bending closely over the blonde lady and paying

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201 CHAPTER VI On reaching Moscow after her meeting with Rostov, Princess Mary had found her nephew there with his tutor,

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202 CHAPTER VII The dreadful news of the battle of Borodino, of our losses in killed and wounded, and the still mor e

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203 CHAPTER VIII Sonya's letter written from Troitsa, which had come as an answer to Nicholas' prayer, was prompted by this: the

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204 CHAPTER IX The officer and soldiers who had arrested Pierre treated him with hostility but yet with respect, in the guardhouse

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205 CHAPTER X On the eighth of September an officer--a very important one judging by the respect the guards showed him--

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206 CHAPTER XI From Prince Shcherbatov's house the prisoners were led straight down the Virgin's Field, to the left of

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207 CHAPTER XII After the execution Pierre was separated from the rest of the prisoners and placed alone in a small,

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208 CHAPTER XIII Twenty-three soldiers, three officers, and two officials were confined in the shed in which Pierre had

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209 CHAPTER XIV When Princess Mary heard from Nicholas that her brother was with the Rostovs at Yaroslavl she at

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210 CHAPTER XV When Natasha opened Prince Andrew's door with a familiar movement and let Princess Mary pass into the

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211 CHAPTER XVI Not only did Prince Andrew know he would die, but he felt that he was dying and was already half

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212 CHAPTER I Man's mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their completeness, but the desire to find those causes is

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213 CHAPTER II The famous flank movement merely consisted in this: after the advance of the French had ceased, the Russian

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214 CHAPTER III The Russian army was commanded by Kutuzov and his staff, and also by the Emperor from Petersburg.

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215 CHAPTER IV Bennigsen's note and the Cossack's information that the left flank of the French was unguarded were

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216 CHAPTER V Next day the decrepit Kutuzov, having given orders to be called early, said his prayers, dressed, and, with an

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218 CHAPTER VII Meanwhile another column was to have attacked the French from the front, but Kutuzov accompanied

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220 CHAPTER IX With regard to military matters, Napoleon immediately on his entry into Moscow gave General Sabastiani

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221 CHAPTER X But strange to say, all these measures, efforts, and plans--which were not at all worse than others issued in

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222 CHAPTER XI Early in the morning of the sixth of October Pierre went out of the shed, and on returning stopped by the door to

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223 CHAPTER XII Four weeks had passed since Pierre had been taken prisoner and though the French had offered to

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224 CHAPTER XIII The French evacuation began on the night between the sixth and seventh of October: kitchens and

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225 CHAPTER XIV Through the cross streets of the Khamovniki quarter the prisoners marched, followed only by their escort and the

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226 CHAPTER XV In the early days of October another envoy came to Kutuzov with a letter from Napoleon proposing peace

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227 CHAPTER XVI It was a warm, dark, autumn night. It had been raining for four days. Having changed horses twice and

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228 CHAPTER XVII Kutuzov like all old people did not sleep much at night. He often fell asleep unexpectedly in the

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229 CHAPTER XVIII From the time he received this news to the end of the campaign all Kutuzov's activity was directed toward

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230 CHAPTER XIX A man in motion always devises an aim for that motion. To be able to go a thousand miles he must

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231 CHAPTER I The Battle of Borodino, with the occupation of Moscow that followed it and the flight of the French

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232 CHAPTER II One of the most obvious and advantageous departures from the so-called laws of war is the action of

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233 CHAPTER III The so-called partisan war began with the entry of the French into Smolensk.

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234 CHAPTER IV It was a warm rainy autumn day. The sky and the horizon were both the color of muddy water. At times

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235 CHAPTER V The rain had stopped, and only the mist was falling and drops from the trees. Denisov, the esaul, and Petya

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236 CHAPTER VI After talking for some time with the esaul about next day's attack, which now, seeing how near they

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237 CHAPTER VII Petya, having left his people after their departure from Moscow, joined his regiment and was soon taken as

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238 CHAPTER VIII The arrival of Dolokhov diverted Petya's attention from the drummer boy, to whom Denisov had had

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239 CHAPTER IX Having put on French greatcoats and shakos, Petya and Dolokhov rode to the clearing from which Denisov had

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240 CHAPTER X Having returned to the watchman's hut, Petya found Denisov in the passage. He was awaiting Petya's

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241 CHAPTER XI The men rapidly picked out their horses in the semidarkness, tightened their saddle girths, and formed

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242 CHAPTER XII During the whole of their march from Moscow no fresh orders had been issued by the French

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243 CHAPTER XIII At midday on the twenty-second of October Pierre was going uphill along the muddy, slippery road, looking at his

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244 CHAPTER XIV "A vos places!"* suddenly cried a voice.

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245 CHAPTER XV The stores, the prisoners, and the marshal's baggage train stopped at the village of Shamshevo. The men crowded

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246 CHAPTER XVI After the twenty-eighth of October when the frosts began, the flight of the French assumed a still more tragic

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247 CHAPTER XVII The movements of the Russian and French armies during the campaign from Moscow back to the

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248 CHAPTER XVIII This campaign consisted in a flight of the French during which they did all they could to destroy themselves. From

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249 CHAPTER XIX What Russian, reading the account of the last part of the campaign of 1812, has not experienced an

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250 CHAPTER I When seeing a dying animal a man feels a sense of horror: substance similar to his own is perishing

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251 CHAPTER II 第 747 页 共 867 页

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252 CHAPTER III Princess Mary postponed her departure. Sonya and the count tried to replace Natasha but could not. They

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253 CHAPTER IV After the encounter at Vyazma, where Kutuzov had been unable to hold back his troops in their anxiety

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254 CHAPTER V In 1812 and 1813 Kutuzov was openly accused of blundering. The Emperor was dissatisfied with him. And in a

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255 CHAPTER VI The fifth of November was the first day of what is called the battle of Krasnoe. Toward evening--after

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256 CHAPTER VII When the troops reached their night's halting place on the eighth of November, the last day of the

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257 CHAPTER VIII One would have thought that under the almost incredibly wretched conditions the Russian soldiers

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258 CHAPTER IX The fifth company was bivouacking at the very edge of the forest. A huge campfire was blazing

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259 CHAPTER X The French army melted away at the uniform rate of a mathematical progression; and that crossing of the

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260 CHAPTER XI Next day the field marshal gave a dinner and ball which the Emperor honored by his presence. Kutuzov had

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261 CHAPTER XII As generally happens, Pierre did not feel the full effects of the physical privation and strain he had suffered as

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262 CHAPTER XIII In external ways Pierre had hardly changed at all. In appearance he was just what he used to be. As before he

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263 CHAPTER XIV It would be difficult to explain why and whither ants whose heap has been destroyed are hurrying:

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264 CHAPTER XV At the end of January Pierre went to Moscow and stayed in an annex of his house which had not been burned.

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265 CHAPTER XVI "She has come to stay with me," said Princess Mary. "The count and countess will be here in a few

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266 CHAPTER XVII Pierre was shown into the large, brightly lit dining room; a few minutes later he heard footsteps and Princess

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267 CHAPTER XVIII It was a long time before Pierre could fall asleep that night. He paced up and down his room, now

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268 CHAPTER XIX There was nothing in Pierre's soul now at all like what had troubled it during his courtship of Helene.

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269 CHAPTER XX After Pierre's departure that first evening, when Natasha had said to Princess Mary with a gaily mocking

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270 CHAPTER I Seven years had passed. The storm-tossed sea of European history had subsided within its shores

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271 CHAPTER II If we assume as the historians do that great men lead humanity to the attainment of certain ends--the

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272 CHAPTER III The fundamental and essential significance of the European events of the beginning of the nineteenth century lies in the

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273 CHAPTER IV The flood of nations begins to subside into its normal channels. The waves of the great movement

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274 CHAPTER V Natasha's wedding to Bezukhov, which took place in 1813, was the last happy event in the family of

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275 CHAPTER VI At the beginning of winter Princess Mary came to Moscow. From reports current in town she learned how

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276 CHAPTER VII In the winter of 1813 Nicholas married Princess Mary and moved to Bald Hills with his wife, his mother, and

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277 CHAPTER VIII 第 807 页 共 867 页

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278 CHAPTER IX It was the eve of St. Nicholas, the fifth of December, 1820. Natasha had been staying at her brother's with

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279 CHAPTER X Natasha had married in the early spring of 1813, and in 1820 already had three daughters besides a son for

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280 CHAPTER XI Two months previously when Pierre was already staying with the Rostovs he had received a letter

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281 CHAPTER XII As in every large household, there were at Bald Hills several perfectly distinct worlds which merged

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282 CHAPTER XIII When Pierre and his wife entered the drawing room the countess was in one of her customary states in which

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283 CHAPTER XIV 第 825 页 共 867 页

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284 CHAPTER XV The conversation at supper was not about politics or societies, but turned on the subject Nicholas liked

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285 CHAPTER XVI Natasha and Pierre, left alone, also began to talk as only a husband and wife can talk, that is, with extraordinary

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286 CHAPTER I History is the life of nations and of humanity. To seize and put into words, to describe directly the life of

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287 CHAPTER II What force moves the nations?

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288 CHAPTER III 第 842 页 共 867 页

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289 CHAPTER IV Having abandoned the conception of the ancients as to the divine subjection of the will of a nation to

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290 CHAPTER V The life of the nations is not contained in the lives of a few men, for the connection between those men and the

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291 CHAPTER VI Only the expression of the will of the Deity, not dependent on time, can relate to a whole series of events

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292 CHAPTER VII When an event is taking place people express their opinions and wishes about it, and as the event

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293 CHAPTER VIII If history dealt only with external phenomena, the establishment of this simple and obvious law would

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294 CHAPTER IX For the solution of the question of free will or inevitability, history has this advantage over other

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295 CHAPTER X Thus our conception of free will and inevitability gradually diminishes or increases according to the

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296 CHAPTER XI History examines the manifestations of man's free will in connection with the external world in time and

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297 CHAPTER XII From the time the law of Copernicus was discovered and proved, the mere recognition of the fact that it was

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298 Chapter I The Battle of Borodino, with the occupation of Moscow that followed it and the flight of

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299 Chapter II One of the most obvious and advantageous departures from the so-called laws of war is

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300 Chapter III The so-called partisan war began with the entry of the French into Smolensk.

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301 Chapter IV It was a warm rainy autumn day. The sky and the horizon were both the color of muddy

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302 Chapter V The rain had stopped, and only the mist was falling and drops from the trees. Denisov, the

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303 Chapter VI After talking for some time with the esaul about next day’s attack, which now, seeing how

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304 Chapter VII Petya, having left his people after their departure from Moscow, joined his regiment and

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305 Chapter VIII The arrival of Dolokhov diverted Petya’s attention from the drummer boy, to whom

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306 Chapter IX Having put on French greatcoats and shakos, Petya and Dolokhov rode to the clearing

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307 Chapter X Having returned to the watchman’s hut, Petya found Denisov in the passage. He was

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308 Chapter XI The men rapidly picked out their horses in the semidarkness, tightened their saddle girths,

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309 Chapter XII During the whole of their march from Moscow no fresh orders had been issued by the

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310 Chapter XIII At midday on the twenty-second of October Pierre was going uphill along the muddy,

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311 Chapter XIV ‘A vos places!’* suddenly cried a voice.

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312 Chapter XV The stores, the prisoners, and the marshal’s baggage train stopped at the village of

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313 Chapter XVI After the twenty-eighth of October when the frosts began, the flight of the French assumed

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314 Chapter XVII The movements of the Russian and French armies during the campaign from Moscow

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315 Chapter XVIII This campaign consisted in a flight of the French during which they did all they could to

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316 Chapter XIX What Russian, reading the account of the last part of the campaign of 1812, has not

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317 Chapter I When seeing a dying animal a man feels a sense of horror: substance similar to his own is

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318 Chapter II Besides a feeling of aloofness from everybody Natasha was feeling a special estrangement

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319 Chapter III Princess Mary postponed her departure. Sonya and the count tried to replace Natasha but

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320 Chapter IV After the encounter at Vyazma, where Kutuzov had been unable to hold back his troops in

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321 Chapter V In 1812 and 1813 Kutuzov was openly accused of blundering. The Emperor was

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322 Chapter VI The fifth of November was the first day of what is called the battle of Krasnoe. Toward

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323 Chapter VII When the troops reached their night’s halting place on the eighth of November, the last

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324 Chapter VIII One would have thought that under the almost incredibly wretched conditions the Russian

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325 Chapter IX The fifth company was bivouacking at the very edge of the forest. A huge campfire was

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326 Chapter X The French army melted away at the uniform rate of a mathematical progression; and that

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327 Chapter XI Next day the field marshal gave a dinner and ball which the Emperor honored by his

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328 Chapter XII As generally happens, Pierre did not feel the full effects of the physical privation and

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329 Chapter XIII In external ways Pierre had hardly changed at all. In appearance he was just what he used

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330 Chapter XIV It would be difficult to explain why and whither ants whose heap has been destroyed are

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331 Chapter XV At the end of January Pierre went to Moscow and stayed in an annex of his house which

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332 Chapter XVI ‘She has come to stay with me,’ said Princess Mary. ‘The count and countess will be here

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333 Chapter XVII Pierre was shown into the large, brightly lit dining room; a few minutes later he heard

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334 Chapter XVIII It was a long time before Pierre could fall asleep that night. He paced up and down his

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335 Chapter XIX There was nothing in Pierre’s soul now at all like what had troubled it during his courtship

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336 CHAPTER XX After Pierre’s departure that first evening, when Natasha had said to Princess Mary with a

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337 Chapter I Seven years had passed. The storm-tossed sea of European history had subsided within its

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338 Chapter II If we assume as the historians do that great men lead humanity to the attainment of certain

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339 Chapter III The fundamental and essential significance of the European events of the beginning of the

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340 Chapter IV The flood of nations begins to subside into its normal channels. The waves of the great

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341 Chapter V Natasha’s wedding to Bezukhov, which took place in 1813, was the last happy event in the

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342 Chapter VI At the beginning of winter Princess Mary came to Moscow. From reports current in town

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343 Chapter VII In the winter of 1813 Nicholas married Princess Mary and moved to Bald Hills with his

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344 Chapter VIII One matter connected with his management sometimes worried Nicholas, and that was his

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345 Chapter IX It was the eve of St. Nicholas, the fifth of December, 1820. Natasha had been staying at

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346 Chapter X Natasha had married in the early spring of 1813, and in 1820 already had three daughters

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347 Chapter XI Two months previously when Pierre was already staying with the Rostovs he had received

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348 Chapter XII As in every large household, there were at Bald Hills several perfectly distinct worlds

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349 Chapter XIII When Pierre and his wife entered the drawing room the countess was in one of her

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350 Chapter XIV Soon after this the children came in to say good night. They kissed everyone, the tutors

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351 Chapter XV The conversation at supper was not about politics or societies, but turned on the subject

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352 Chapter XVI Natasha and Pierre, left alone, also began to talk as only a husband and wife can talk, that

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353 Chapter I History is the life of nations and of humanity. To seize and put into words, to describe

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354 Chapter II What force moves the nations?

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355 Chapter III A locomotive is moving. Someone asks: ‘What moves it?’ A peasant says the devil moves

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356 Chapter IV Having abandoned the conception of the ancients as to the divine subjection of the will of

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357 Chapter V The life of the nations is not contained in the lives of a few men, for the connection

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358 Chapter VI Only the expression of the will of the Deity, not dependent on time, can relate to a whole

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359 Chapter VII When an event is taking place people express their opinions and wishes about it, and as the

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360 Chapter VIII If history dealt only with external phenomena, the establishment of this simple and

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361 Chapter IX For the solution of the question of free will or inevitability, history has this advantage over

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362 Chapter X Thus our conception of free will and inevitability gradually diminishes or increases

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363 Chapter XI History examines the manifestations of man’s free will in connection with the external

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364 Chapter XII From the time the law of Copernicus was discovered and proved, the mere recognition of

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