Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 10

Characters Present:

Alpátych
Dron
Princess Mary Bolkonskaya
Mademoiselle Bourienne
General Rameu

Location:

Boguchárovo 


Princess Mary is grieving alone for her father, but eventually, Mademoiselle Bourienne comes to weep with her.  Mademoiselle Bourienne hands over a letter from the French army, saying that General Rameu has offered to take them under his protection.

This announcement spurs Princess Mary into action, and she calls Dron (this is prior to Alpátych's conversation with him), to tell him to give Prince Andrew's grain to the peasants.  

She starts to worry about the French occupying her house and going through her brother and father's things. 

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 2

Characters Present:

Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski 
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Mademoiselle Bourienne
Dessalles
Michael Ivánovich

Location:

Bald Hill Estate


Prince Nicolas blames Princess Mary for his argument with Prince Andrew, but appears to get over it within a week. He also ends his affair with Mademoiselle Bourienne.

He doesn't acknowledge that the war is happening, and makes plans to make improvements to the estate. 

A letter arrives from Prince Andrew, warning that the battle is extraordinarily close to Bald Hill Estate, but Prince Nicholas doesn't listen, and insists that the French won't make it beyond the Niemen River.

Everyone looks embarrassed.

Volume 2: Book 9 - Chapter 8

Characters Present:

Prince Andrew Bolkónski
Anatole Kurágin
General Kutúzov
Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski,
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Mademoiselle Bourienne
Prince Nicholas Bolkónski

Location: 

Russia, then Turkey, then Bald Hill Estate

Prince Andrew rejoins the army under General Kutúzov, hoping to run unto Anatole, so that he can challenge him to a duel about something new, as to not further tarnish Natasha's name. 

He is unsuccessful, and eventually returns to Bald Hill Estate. Andrew finds everything much the same there: Princess Mary unhappy; his father still cantankerous but now missing a tooth; and Mademoiselle Bourienne still influencing matters where she should have no influence. He does find that his son, Nicholas has grown, and looks much like his late wife.

Prince Andrew has a fight with his father, and leaves the following day to return to the army without saying goodbye, despite Mary begging him to stay and speak to him, as the old prince might die soon.

Volume 2: Book 8 - Chapter 3

Characters Present:

Dr. Métivier
Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Mademoiselle Bourienne

Location:

Moscow


Mademoiselle Bourienne has arranged for the new, dashing, French doctor, Dr. Métivier, to come and visit the old prince twice a week.

This goes on for some weeks, until the Prince takes exception to the doctor, and throws him out of the house, ranting about Mademoiselle Bourienne bringing a French spy into his midst. 

Prince Nicholas then summons Princess Mary into his rooms, and she gets blamed for everything, and he shouts at her that she must find someone to marry so that she will go away.

A dinner party is held, and Prince Nicholas rants about the French for a while, and then complains about the doctor.

Volume 2: Book 8 - Chapter 2

Characters Present:

Prince Nicholas Bolkónski 

Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya

Mademoiselle Bourienne

Location:

Moscow

Old Prince Nicholas has moved Princess Lisa and Mademoiselle Bourienne to Moscow with him.

Dementia seems to be kicking in - the old prince tends to fall asleep randomly in addition to having a short term memory; and rants frequently about past events. 

Lisa is terribly unhappy with being in Moscow, away from her religious people and is rather lonely.  She catches Mademoiselle Bourienne kissing her father, and gets upset about her father being taken advantage of. 

Her father responds by making Mademoiselle Bourienne even more important in the household, by having all the footmen and so on respond to her needs before Lisa's.

Volume 2: Book 6 - Chapter 26

Characters Present:

Princess Mary Bolkónskaya

Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski

Mademoiselle Bourienne

Location:

Bald Hill Estate

Princess Mary receives a letter from her brother, declaring his engagement to Natasha Rostova, apologising for not telling her earlier.

She shows the letter to their father, who goes off in a rant about how Prince Andrew should only marry once he, Old Prince Nicholas, is dead.  He goes on to exclaim that he would like to marry Mademoiselle Bourienne so that Princess Mary and Prince Andrew could have a step-mother.

Princess Mary feels bit down, and influenced by her religious people, she decides to go on a pilgrimage. She changes her mind the next morning, feeling like a sinner, because she loves her father and her tiny nephew more than God.

End of Book 6

Book 3 - Chapter 5

Characters Present:

Prince Nicholas Bolkónski
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Mademoiselle Bourienne
Prince Anatole Kurágin

Location:

Bald Hill Estate

Everybody has gone to bed and Prince Nicholas, Princess Mary and Mademoiselle Bourienne are all having trouble sleeping.

When Princess Mary goes to her father for her morning lessons, he shouts at her to take an hour to decide whether she is to become Prince Anatole's wife.  On her way out of his study, she catches Prince Anatole and Mademoiselle Bourienne in a passionate embrace. 

Princess Mary later declines the offer of marriage made by Prince Vasíle for his son and Prince Nicholas is delighted.

Princess Mary goes to comfort Mademoiselle Bourienne and makes the decision to help her marry Prince Anatole, and give her money if this will help her.

Book 3 - Chapter 4

Characters Present:

Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya (Prince Nicholas's daughter)
Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya (Prince Nicholas's pregnant daughter-in-law)
Prince Vasíli Kurágin
Prince Anatole Kurágin (Prince Vasíli's son)
Mademoiselle Bourienne

Location:

Bald Hill Estate. 

Prince Nicholas is taking his time to get dressed, as he is cranky that Prince Vasíli and his son have arrived, and he is also considering whether he wants to give his daughter, Princess Mary, over to marriage. 

Prince Nicholas joins the others and mildly interrogates Anatole, before taking Prince Vasíli off to shout at him, and says that if Anatole is to marry Mary, that he is to prove himself worthy.

Meanwhile, the three women - Princess Mary in particular - are enchanted by Prince Anatole, though he is described as good looking but without much to say.

Prince Antatole fails to find Princess Mary attractive but is falling for Mademoiselle Bourienne's charms.  Mary mistakes Mademoiselle Bourienne's intentions, and the scene is set for heartbreak and disappointment.

Book 3 - Chapter 3

Characters Present:

Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya (daughter of Prince Nicholas)
Prince Vasíli Kuragin
Anatole Kuragin (Vasíli's son)
Mademoiselle Bourienne (Mary's companion)
Princes Lisa Bolkónskaya (Prince Andrew Bolkónski's pregnant wife)

Location: 

Bald Hill Estate

Old Prince Nicholas receives a letter from Prince Vasíli, stating his intention to visit with his son in a fortnight.  It seems that Vasíli is to bring his son, Anatole, to meet Princess Mary with the intention of marrying them off.

Prince Nicholas dislikes Prince Vasíli and goes out of the house on the morning of their arrival to shout at the guards for clearing the driveway of snow, and orders them to replace it. 

Princess Mary is a bit nervous about the arrival of their guests and things are made worse when Princess Lisa and Mademoiselle Bourienne try to make her look attractive.  They go overboard, and Princess Mary ends up looking worse than before, and tells them to leave her alone.

Book 1 - Chapter 28

Characters Present:


Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya

Prince Nicholas Bolkónski

Princess Mary Bolkónskaya

the random French woman, Mademoiselle Bourienne

Setting:  

Bald Hill Estate

Prince Andrew is getting ready to leave, and he pretends not to be sentimental about leaving when his sister, Princess Mary comes to speak to him.   She reiterates that it would be better for his wife Princess Lisa to go into the city as it was too isolated at Bald Hills Estate, which he disagrees with and then says that he doesn't like Mademoiselle Bourienne. 

Prince Andrew then goes to say goodbye to his father, Prince Nicholas, who seems to be proud of him for going to war over staying with his wife, and hands a letter to him, to be delivered to Michael Ilariónovich (General Kutúzov).  Prince Nicholas also expresses concern over his own death and gives Prince Andrew some manuscripts and will-like documents to be read after his death.

Prince Andrew then says goodbye to his wife and leaves.

Book 1 - Chapter 27

Characters Present:

Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya 
Prince Nicholas Bolkónski

Princess Mary Bolkónskaya

his father´s architect, Michael Ivánovich

A French woman, Mademoiselle Bourienne

Setting:

Bald Hill Estate

The characters all go in to the dining room to eat dinner. They discuss the war again and old Prince Nicholas declares that today's men don´t even know the ABC of war and that they are all babies.  He goes onto claim that Bonaparte is but a little Frenchy and that there is nothing wrong in Europe at all at the moment.

Dinner ends, and Princess Lisa is impressed by Prince Nicholas and says so to Princess Mary.