Volume 3: Book 15 - Chapter 2

Characters Present:

Natasha Rostova
Countess Natalya Rostova
Count Ilya Rostóv

Location: 

Yaroslávl


Petya has been killed. Natasha runs out to find her father weeping uncontrollably in the hall.  He insists that Natasha go to her mother.

Natasha stays with her mother, who is delirious with grief for three days, and on the evening of the third day, Natalya begins to weep for the first time. 

Volume 3: Book 12 - Chapter 8

Characters Present:

Sonya Rostova
Countess Natalya Rostova
Natasha Rostova
Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Location: 

Tróitsa Monastery

Sonya has been asked by Natalya to break off her engagement with Nicholas, as the family really could do with the money that will be gained if he marries Princess Mary instead.

Sonya refuses to promise, and after witnessing Natasha and Andrew being thrown back together, decides that God will somehow prevent Princess Mary and Nicholas getting married.  So, with a serene confidence that God will aid her marriage to Nicholas, she sends him a letter, breaking off the engagement. 

Natasha spends all of her time with Prince Andrew, who seems to be getting better.

Volume 3: Book 11 - Chapter 16

Characters Present:

Berg

Countess Natalya Rostova
Sonya Rostova
Natasha Rostova
Count Ilya Rostóv
Petya Rostóv

Location:

Moscow 

Berg, who is the Rostóv's son-in-law by virtue of being married to their daughter Vera, takes leave from the army and visits the Rostóv home.  

Berg asks for a set of drawers that is on one of the carts, to give to Vera, and Ilya goes off in a temper.  Natasha explains to Petya and Berg that their parents are fighting as Ilya wants to carry wounded soldiers, but Natalya wants to carry belongings.

Natasha goes and shouts at her mother, and it is agreed that all of their belongings shall be unloaded and put in storage, so that no wounded soldiers get left behind.

The servants approach this task with renewed energy, but Sonya tries to make sure that some belongings are brought along.

Volume 3: Book 11 - Chapter 15

Characters Present:

Countess Natalya Rostova
Madame Schoss
Natasha Rostova
Count Ilya Rostóv

Location:

Moscow 

The value of paper money in Moscow has dropped rapidly, while the value of supplies like cloth and horses have increased.

Ilya wakes from his sleep, and finds some wounded officers in the hall who ask him if they can go on one of his carts to escape Moscow.  The count consents, and orders some of the luggage to be unpacked from the carts to make room.

Natalya summons her husband after hearing complaints from Madame Schoss, and tells her husband that their belongings will be their only wealth, and that he must have them put back on the carts.

Natasha overhears, and asks why her mother objects.

Volume 3: Book 11 - Chapter 14

Characters Present:

Countess Natalya Rostova
Madame Schoss
Natasha Rostova
Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Location:

Moscow 

Madame Schoss returns from town, and frightens Natalya with news of rioting in the streets.

Natasha decides to get involved in the packing, and finally convinces everyone that she is not annoying by fitting some carpets and crockery into boxes that nobody else had success packing. She does this by abandoning all of the cheap wares.

The first of the wounded soldiers is brought into the house. To everyone's shock, it is Prince Andrew.

Volume 3: Book 11 - Chapter 13

Characters Present:

Countess Natalya Rostova
Mávra Kuzmínichna
Petya Rostóv
Natasha Rostova

Location:

Moscow

Natasha is sitting in her room, being nostalgic, looking at her ball dresses and bows.  She had tried to help pack the house, but kept getting in the way.

She decides to go for a walk, and sees the family's former housekeeper, Mávra Kuzmínichna, talking to an officer at the gate.  Mávra says that they would be more comfortable staying at the Rostóv home, since the family were leaving.  Natasha agrees, and gets permission from her parents for wounded soldiers to stay at the house in their absence. 

Natalya is upset and trying to get the family to leave as soon as possible, to prevent young Petya from joining the battle at Three Hills on the morrow.

Volume 3: Book 11 - Chapter 12

Characters Present:

Countess Natalya Rostova
Count Ilya Rostóv
Petya Rostóv
Natasha Rostova

Location:

Moscow


Natalya has spent months in a panic, as both of her sons, Nicholas and Petya have been away fighting.  She is, however, happy about Nicholas wanting to marry Princess Mary, as it could help the Rostov family financially.

Ilya finds a way to calm her by having Petya transferred for further training in Moscow, and by arranging other posts which don't actually involve fighting.

Since Petya has been home, he and Natasha have become silly.  They run up and down the halls of the house laughing, despite the household having to pack up because the French are coming.

Volume 2: Book 9 - Chapter 20

Characters Present:

Natasha Rostova
Count Pierre Bezukhov
Uncle Shinshín
Natasha Rostova
Count Ilya Rostóv
Sonya Rostova
Countess Natalya Rostova
Petya Rostóv

Location: 

A small dinner party at the Rostóv home

Pierre arrives at the Rostóv's, and enters to find Natasha singing alone.  They have a conversation full of unspoken words and blushing.

They join the rest of the family, who are discussing the war. Petya, who is now 15, begs his father to join the army, but is told that he is too young.

Pierre becomes agitated by Natasha's stares at him, and leaves. Natasha follows him out, asking if she has upset him, and he only manages to kiss her softly before leaving, intending not to return. 

Volume 2: Book 9 - Chapter 16

Characters Present:

Natasha Rostova
Countess Natalya Rostova 
Sonya Rostova
Lots of doctors and healers

Location: 

The Rostóv home, Moscow

Natasha's condition has worsened: she is thin, cannot eat and has little energy.

Countess Natalya Rostov joins her daughter, niece and husband in Moscow, and pays all sorts of medical people to come and see Natasha. There is nothing physically wrong with any of Natasha's organs, vital or otherwise, but they give her a lot of medication anyway, which is slightly harmful. 

One of the doctors notes that Natasha's condition is primarily mental, and sure enough, after some time, her grief begins to fade, and she starts to recover physically. 

Volume 2: Book 7 - Chapter 12

Characters Present:

Natasha Rostova

Nicholas Rostóv

Sonya Rostova

Countess Natalya Rostova

Count Ilya Rostóv

Location:

The Rostóv home

Nicholas makes the resolve to marry Sonya, and everyone is happy except for the Countess, who was evidently hoping for the money from the match with her friend's daughter.  Nicholas returns to his regiment but intends to leave the army as soon as possible.

Natasha is depressed by the letters that she receives from Prince Andrew and resents that he is out enjoying the world, while she lives only for him, waiting for him to return.

Count Ilya Rostóv goes to Moscow with Natasha and Sonya to sell the Moscow townhouse to prepare some kind of dowry for Natasha. 

End of Book 7

Volume 2: Book 7 - Chapter 8

Characters Present:

Nicholas Rostóv

Countess Natalya Rostova

Sonya Rostova (discussed)

Julie Karágina (discussed)

Location:

The Rostóv home, Otrádnoe

The Rostóv family are still experiencing great financial difficulty, and Nicholas hears his parents speaking of selling the ancestral home in Moscow.

The countess decides that the only way out of this difficulty is for Nicholas to marry a wealthy heiress.  She writes to the Karágina family, and requests a match between Nicholas and their daughter, Julie.  The match is approved, as long as Julie agrees, and it is suggested that Nicholas travel to Moscow to meet her. 

Nicholas can't decide if he wants to marry for love or if he is still in love with his poor cousin Sonya and doesn't end up going to Moscow, even though it would save the family.

Volume 2: Book 6 - Chapter 23

Characters Present:

Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski

Prince Andrew Bolkósnki

Natasha Rostova

Countess Natalya Rostova

Location:

Bald Hill Estate/The Rostóv home

Prince Andrew returns to his father's home to ask permission to marry Natasha.  The old prince grants his permission, but on the condition that Prince Andrew travels abroad for a year.  Prince Andrew agrees and after three weeks, returns to the Rostóv home.

Prince Andrew arrives at the Rostóv home and asks Countess Natalya Rostova for permission to marry Natasha.  Permission is granted, but Countess Rostova doesn't seem super happy about it, seeing how unhappy Natasha has been in recent weeks due to Prince Andrew's silence and absence.

Prince Andrew finally asks Natasha, who sobs with joy, but expresses some dismay at the prospect of a years separation.

Volume 2: Book 6 - Chapter 16

Characters Present:

Natasha Rostova

Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Count Pierre Bezukhov

Countess Natalya Rostova

Location:

The New Years Ball, Petersburg

Natasha despairs as she is left alone with her family against a wall, and is close to tears as nobody is asking her to dance. 

Across the room, Prince Andrew Bolkónski is partaking in some boring political conversations, and mentions to Count Pierre Berzúkhov that he would like to dance soon.  Pierre points out young Natasha standing forlornly across the room, and Prince Andrew excitedly crosses over and asks Countess Natalya Rostova if he can ask Natasha to dance.   Permission is granted, and Natasha very keenly joins Prince Andrew, who becomes ever more enamored with her.

Volume 2: Book 6 - Chapter 13

Characters Present:

Countess Natalya Rostova

Natasha Rostova

 Location: 

The Rostóv home, Petersburg

It is bedtime and Natasha runs into her mothers bed and leaps in while her mother is saying her prayers.  The countess affects to be annoyed, but is in truth fond of these occurrences, which happen regularly while Count Rostóv is at his club.

They speak of Boris Drubetskóy and Natalya tells Natasha that she should stop Boris from visiting, as Natasha can not marry him due to his poor finances.  Natasha protests slightly but seems to accept it in good graces. 

The following day, the countess has a quiet word with Boris, who subsequently stops visiting.

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 16

Characters Present:

Nicholas Rostóv

Count Ilya Rostóv

Countess Natalya Rostova

Natasha Rostova

Vaska Denísov

Location:

The Rostov House

Count Ilya Rostóv arrives home, and Nicholas at first haughtily asks for the 43,000 rubles to pay back to Dólokhov, and then starts to beg and sob as his father starts to leave the room.  

In the meantime, Denísov accidentally proposes to Natasha, who runs off to ask advice from her mother, Countess Natalya Rostova.  The countess does not take it seriously at all, since Natasha is still so young and tells Denísov so, after both she and Natasha reject him.

Count Rostóv eventually raises the funds to pay his son's gambling debts to Dólokhov and Nicholas leaves to rejoin his regiment in Poland.

End of book 4

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 1

Characters Present:

Count Ilya Rostóv

Countess Natalya Rostova

Natalya Rostova

Natasha Rostova

Sonya Rostova

Nicholas Rostóv

Vaska Denísov,

Location:

 The Rostóv house near Moscow

It is now 1806 and Nicholas Rostov and Vaska Denísov are on leave.  Nicholas convinces Denísov to travel with him, and both end up at the Rostóv's house late in the evening.

Nicholas's family is woken by their servants and are overjoyed to see him. 

In the morning, Nicholas has a conversation with his sister Natasha, who says that Sonya has decided to set him free, for she as much as she loves him, she wouldn't want to trap him.

At breakfast, Countess Natalya Rostova notices a new distance between her son Nicholas and his cousin, Sonya, and is concerned.

Book 3 - Chapter 6

Characters Present/Discussed:

Count Ilya Rostóv
Countess Natalya Rostova
Natasha Rostova
Nicholas Rostóv
Sonya Rostova
Princess Anna Mikháylovna Drubetskáya (still staying with the Rostóv family, though her circumstances have improved)

Location:

The Rostóv house

Count Ilya Rostóv receives a letter from his son, Nicholas, saying that though he had been wounded in the battle, he had been promoted to an officer.

Princess Anna Mikháylovna Drubetskáya goes about giving hints about the letter to Countess Natalya Rostova, who is of such a fragile disposition that the letter, if announced suddenly, would upset her terribly.

Natasha and Sonya both gossip about the letter and Sonya is still in love with Nicholas.

Eventually the countess is told and she cries, and then proudly reads the letter to everyone who visits.

Volume 1: Book 1 - Chapter 19

Characters Present:

Count Ilya Rostóv

Countess Natalya Rostova

Random Rostov children

Pierre Bezukhov

A German Colonel

Shinshín

Márya Dmítrievna

Other nameless guests.

Location:

 At the Rostóv´s - the dinner has begun

The colonel tells everyone that a declaration of war has already arrived in Petersburg and a copy had already been forward to the Commander in Chief. Shinshín asks why they would bother fighting Napoleon as he had already beaten Austria.

Pierre agrees with him and the youngest Rostóv daughter, Natasha, starts screaming for ice cream, which the guests find amusing.

Book 1 - Chapter 17

Characters Present:

Count Ilya Rostóv

Countess Natalya Rostova

Princess Anna Mikháylovna Drubetskáya

Location:

The Rostóv´s house.

Countess Natalya Rostova is upset over the financial plight of her friend, Princess Anna Mikháylovna Drubetskáya, and asks her husband, Count Ilya Rostov for 500 rubles. He gives her 700 rubles without asking any questions.

Princess Anna arrives, and the Countess gives her the money. They both weep as they had been friends since childhood and were now having to deal with such base matters as money.

Book 1 - Chapter 14

Characters Present

Countess Natalya Rostova 

Véra Rostova - the eldest daughter of the Count and Countess.

Princess Anna Mikháylovna Drubetskáya (apparently her coach hasn´t arrived yet)

Setting:

At the Rostóv´s house.

Countess Natalya Rostova and Princess Anna Mikháylovna Drubetskáya are getting closer to having their conversation, and ask Véra to leave.

Véra leaves and finds the young couples canoodling. She is rather rude to them, they tell her that she is always unpleasant and she goes away.

Meanwhile, the Countess and Princess Anna  start to have their conversation and discuss Boris´s transfer to the guard. Princess Anna will approach Boris´s godfather, Count Cyril Vladimirovich Bezúkhov to have Boris moved to further safety as she does not have the money, and mentions something about a lawsuit which is draining her funds.