Volume 2: Book 8 - Chapter 14

Characters Present:

Natasha Rostova, 

Count Ilya Rostóv
Márya Dmítrievna Akhrosímova


Location:


Márya Dmítrievna Akhrosímova's house

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Márya reports her visit to Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski to the Rostóvs. 

After being shouted at by him, she has concluded that the family would best return to Otrádnoe to wait for Prince Andrew's return. 

Márya also delivers a warm, conciliatory letter from Princess Mary to Natasha.  

As Natasha sits to reply, she is brought a love letter from Anátole, and she becomes almost convinced that she must break things off with Prince Andrew.

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.