Showing posts with label Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov. Show all posts
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Thursday, 16 August 2018

Volume 3: Book 14 - Chapter 11

Characters Present:

Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov

Pétya Rostóv
Denísov
Pierre Bezukhov

Location: 

Shámshevo



Horses are selected and the band of soldiers ride in to attack the French.  

Pétya is very excited, but keeps missing out on actually killing anyone, so he rides into the thick of things.  His horse stops suddenly and Pétya falls off, arms and legs twitching, and a Cossack notices that he has been shot in the head. 

Dólokhov and Denísov see his body, and Denísov, is heartbroken.

Pierre Bezukhov is among the prisoners rescued. 


Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Volume 3: Book 14 - Chapter 9

Characters Present:

Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov
Pétya Rostóv

Location: 

Shámshevo



Dólokhov swaggers into the French camp, crouches beside the fire and tells the French soldiers that he is trying to overtake his battalion.  He ignores questions such as "what battalion are you from" and continues to make conversation.  Dólokhov asks lots of questions regarding numbers and positions, and when their horses are returned, he stands up and leaves. 

Pétya, who had remained silent throughout the entire encounter, is overcome with Dólohov's heroism and kisses him. Dólokhov tells him to tell Denísov to wait for the signal at dawn.

Volume 3: Book 14 - Chapter 8

Characters Present:

Dólokhov
Denísov
Pétya Rostóv

Location: 

Shámshevo



Dólokhov arrives, and proposes that he and one other put on French uniforms and infiltrate the French camp.  Denísov says that it is a terrible idea, and they argue. 

Pétya volunteers to go with Dólokhov, and Denísov is additionally unhappy about this. Pétya tells Denísov not to hinder him, lest it make things worse.

Thursday, 9 August 2018

Volume 3: Book 14 - Chapter 3

Characters Present:

Denísov
Dólokhov
Tíkhon Shcherbáty
Denís Davýdov

Location: 

Mikúlino and Shámshevo



The "Partisan War", which seems to refer to guerilla activity, began when the French reached Smolénsk. The power of this kind of warfare was first recognised by Davýdov and he is credited with normalising it. 

Denísov and Dólokhov have a plan that involves Denísov's Cossacks watching the French column on their way from from Mikúlino and Shámshevo.  They would then join forces with Dólokhov's men, and then attack the French at Shámshevo at dawn.

Denísov sends a man called Tíkhon Shcherbáty to capture a French quartermaster to press for information.

Saturday, 1 July 2017

Volume 2: Book 8 - Chapter 17

Characters Present:

Anatole Kurágin
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov
Balagá (Anatole's roguish driver)

Location:
Location:
Dólokhov's house then Márya Dmítrievna Akhrosímova's house


Anatole has celebratory drinks with Dólokhov and Balagá, and they all sit down before leaving, as Russian tradition dictates they do prior to commencing a long journey. 

They drive to Márya's house, where a maid ushers them into a courtyard.

It turns out to be an ambush, and Márya's giant footman, Gabriel, invites Anatole to see his mistress. 

Dólokhov calls out that they have been betrayed.

Friday, 30 June 2017

Volume 2: Book 8 - Chapter 16

Characters Present:

Anatole Kurágin
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov

Location:
Location:
Dólokhov's house


Anatole has moved into Dólokhov's house. 


Dólokhov has arranged the details of Natasha's abduction: a driver to take them to Warsaw, passports, a defrocked priest and two gambling associates to act as witnesses to the fake marriage.

Dólokhov asks Anatole to reconsider, but he won't. 




Friday, 23 June 2017

Volume 2: Book 8 - Chapter 11

Characters Present:

Anatole Kurágin
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov

Location:
Location:
Moscow


Anatole has been sent to Moscow by his father to be an adjutant to a commander-in-chief, as he had been spending too much money drinking and socialising in Petersburg.

The chapter describes Anatole as a rake who only seduces married women now, after being forced to marry a young Polish women a few years before.

Anatole confides in Dólokhov his intentions to sleep with Natasha, and as usual, has no consideration of the consequences of his actions to anyone else.

Friday, 11 September 2015

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 14

Characters Present:

Nicholas Rostóv
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov

Location:

The English Club


Rostóv and Dólokhov continue to play cards, and Dólokhov decides to take Rostóv's losings up to 43,000 rubles, which is the combined age of he and Sonya.

Dólokhov is successful in his endeavors, and asks Rostóv when he will hand the money over.  Rostóv asks for an IOU and Dólokhov remarks bitterly that Sonya is in love with Rostóv. 

Rostóv gets cranky and tells Dólokhov to leave his cousin out of it and says that he will pay the outstanding sum on the morrow.

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 13

Characters Present: 

Nicholas Rostóv
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov
20 friends of Dólokhov

Location:

The English Club, Moscow


Nicholas Rostóv has been trying to get in touch with Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov for some days, though Dólokhov has been avoiding him. Rostóv finally gets a note from Dólokhov, requesting his company at the English Club that evening.

Rostóv goes, and Dólokhov looks at him coldly and says that now that Sonya has rejected him, he will leave to rejoin his regiment

They play cards, and Dólokhov snidely taunts Rostóv into betting more than he can afford - 800 rubles of his 2000 ruble allowance, which he is supposed to use over the whole season.  Rostóv loses it.

Monday, 7 September 2015

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 11

Characters Present:

Nicholas Rostóv
Sonya Rostova
Natasha Rostova
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov,
Location:

The Rostóv Home

Nicholas is to return to his regiment in under two weeks and has been out and about around Moscow.
 
He returns home for dinner to find an amorous tension over the house.  He finds out off Natasha that Dólokhov has asked Sonya to marry him and that she has refused him.

Nicholas goes to speak with Sonya and says that she shouldn't wait for him, for while he loves her now, he probably won't later, as there are many women he is likely to fall in love with.

Thursday, 3 September 2015

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 10

Characters Present:

Nicholas Rostóv 
Sonya Rostova
Natasha Rostova
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov

Location: 

Moscow


Dólokhov recovers from being shot by Pierre , as does his mother from being deathly ill.

Dólokhov and Nicholas Rostóv end up becoming good friends, and Dólokhov starts going to a lot of events that the Rostóvs are going to be in attendance at, as he seems to have fallen in love with Sonya Rostova. 

Nicholas tries to convince his sister Natasha Rostova that Dólokhov is not a bad person, but she cannot be convinced.

Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 5

Characters Present:

Count Pierre Bezukhov
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov
Nicholas Rostóv
Vaska Denísov


Location:

24.384 metres or 80 feet off a roadside

Fedor Ivanich Dólokhov shouts through the mist to Pierre to begin.  They pace towards each other, though Dólokhov has not yet raised his pistol.  Pierre fires, and Dólokhov falls over.  He has the right to fire back through, so Pierre stands still while Dólokhov shoots and misses.

In the carriage on the way back to town, the wounded Dólokhov takes Rostóv by the hand and beseeches him to go ahead and prepare his mother for the news that he may be dying. 



Monday, 24 August 2015

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 4

Characters Present:

Count Pierre Bezukhov
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov
Nicholas Rostóv
Prince Nesvítski

Location:

The English Club Moscow/24.384 metres or 80 feet off a roadside


Still at the dinner at the English Club, Pierre is sitting across the table from Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov and Nicholas Rostóv.  

Pierre is unhappy because he received a letter from his cousin earlier stating that Pierre's new wife, Hélène is having an affair with Dólokhov, which serves to confirm the rumours already flying about town.  Berzúkhov is especially insulted as he previously helped Dólokhov out by giving him money and accommodation in his home.

Eventually Pierre snaps, calls Dólokhov a scoundrel and challenges him to a duel the following morning.

The next morning arrives and pistols are handed to Dólokhov and Pierre, who has to ask how the trigger works, as he has never fired a gun before.


Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Book 2 - Chapter 20

Characters Present: 

The German colonel from the last chapter
Dólokhov
Major Ekonómov (first appearance)
Captain Tushín
Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Location:
Znaim

The German general charges into the cut-off copse on his horse in a panic to see whether his men are being killed horribly, and happily, the pressure on the Germans has been eased by some Russian sharp-shooters.

Dólokhov has been killing the French shows several trophies in the way of personal items to Major Ekonómov, wishing to be remembered for his heroism.

Tushín is having a lovely time down at the front of the line with his battery and doesn't show any sign that he will obey when told to retreat by a staff-officer.  Bolkónski reaches the battery and shakes Tushín's hand and says "Until we meet again". Tushín is described as having tears in his eyes as he watches Bolkónski ride away [1]





[1] Bolkónski and Tushín seem to have man-crushes on one another. 

Friday, 17 July 2015

Book 2 - Chapter 15

Characters Present:

Prince Andew Bolkónski
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov

Location:
  
Znaime 

Bolkónski, having managed to convince Kutüzov to ride ahead, arrives at  General Bagratión's encampment in Znaime.   The battle has not yet commenced, and nobody there really knows what is going on. 

Bolkónski asks to tour the camp and upon reaching the lines, and notes that the Russians and the French are so close that they can speak.  He rides along the line for a bit, and spots Dólokhov and a Frenchman taunting each other.

Monday, 29 June 2015

Book 2 - Chapter 2

Characters Present:

General Kutúzov
Prince Andrew Bolkónski
Prince Nesvítski
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov
Captain Timokhin
A regimental commander
Zherkóv - former member of a "wild set" in Petersburg run by Dólokhov

Location:

Braunau


General Kutúzov arrives to inspect the army, with Prince Andrew and Prince Nesvítski who are joking privately.  Prince Andrew reminds Kutúzov that he wanted to inspect Dólokhov, which he does, and proceeds to shame for actions that got him demoted.

The regimental commander has a conversation with Captain Timokhin, who reveals that Prince Andrew is a moody character - moody one day, wild the next - and that he almost killed a Jew while they were in Poland. The Captain threatens to take Dólokhov's epaulettes if he stuffs up again.

Zherkóv rides up to Dolókhov and asks him if we wants to play cards, who declines as he wants to restore his good name.

Sunday, 28 June 2015

Book 2 - Chapter 1

Characters Present:

Michael Mitrich, a battalion commander
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov 
a regimental commander
General Kutúzov
The Russian army

Location: 

Braunau, Austria


It is October 1805, and the Russian army occupy towns around the Archduchy of Austria, while other regiments arrive in Braunau.

On October 11th 1805, a regiment arrives in Braunau, having spent 24 hours marching without rest, as during the night, they had been commanded to clean up their equipment and clothing for an inspection by General Kutúzov in the morning.  They arrive looking pretty good, except for some holes in their boots which had worn out sometime in the previous 700 miles. 

A call goes down the line for the commander of the third company to make himself known to General Kutúzov.  The general comes and shouts at him and Dólokhov, an officer of the company who has been demoted, and is for reasons unknown wearing a blue great coat.

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Book 1 - Chapter 9

Characters Present:

Prince Andrew Bolkónski
An Englishman
Prince Anatole Kurágin
Fedor Ivanovich Dólokhov
Pierre Bezukhov

Location: 

The stately home of Anatole and Dólokhov

It is 1am, and Pierre takes his leave of Andrew. 

He goes to a society party, though he promised not to, and finds his friends drunkenly playing with a bear cub on a chain. They are also making bets as to who can sit on the third floor window ledge and drink a bottle of rum in a single swill. Though the Englishman was going to do it initially, Fedor takes up the challenge and succeeds. 

Pierre gets rather excited, demands that someone brings him a bottle of rum so that he might do the same, and proceeds to dance around the room with the bear.