Volume 1: Book 5 - Chapter 6

Characters Present:

Anna Pávlovna

Boris Drubetskóy

Prince Vasíli Kuragin

Location:

Anna Pávlovna's house, Petersburg

Anna Pávlovna is holding another soiree with the cream of Russian society.  They gossip mostly about Pierre, and how he has once again fallen out of favour.   

Boris is the star of the moment, having risen through the ranks despite his lack of money, and Anna Pávlovna steers the conversation so that he becomes the centre of it.  He speaks well, and the people enjoy the novelty of it all.

Volume 1: Book 5 - Chapter 5

Characters Present:

Count Pierre Bezukhov
Prince Vasíli Kuragin

Location:

Pierre's place in Petersburg

Vasíli goes to see Pierre to convince him to make amends with Hélèna.  Pierre stays silent for a time then firmly demands that Vasíli leaves.

Pierre takes leave of his new mason friends and everyone else he knows, and goes to visit his country estates. 

Volume 1: Book 1 - Chapter 4

Characters Present:

Anna Pávlovna

Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya

Princess Anna Mikháylovna Drubetskáya

Prince Andrew Bolkónski 

Prince Vasíle Kuragin
Pierre Bezukhov

Location:

Still at Anna Pávlovna´s reception.

Andrew arrives and is utterly bored by the company and his wife, Lisa. He is by comparison, delighted when Pierre approaches him, and takes his arm and insists that they meet for dinner.

Anna Mikháylovna Drubetskáya implores Vasíle, to speak to the Emperor about moving her son into the Guard. 

Vasíle is resistant at first, but is soon convinced when Princess Anna reminds him of how her father helped his own career along. He agrees to effect the move, and then is told that he will be late for a fete held by his daughter, Princess Héléne Kuragina, and leaves.

Volume 1: Book 1 - Chapter 2

Characters Present:

Anna Pávlovna
Anna Pávlovna´s Aunt
Prince Vasíli Kurágin
Hélène Kuragina- Prince Vasíli´s daugher, 
Hippolyte Kurágin
Vicomte Mortemart
Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya (married to Prince Andrew Bolkónski) - Pregnant
Pierre Bezúukhov - The illegitimate son of Count Bezúkhov

 
Location:

Still at Anna´s reception.


More people are arriving at the reception. Nobody wants to speak to Anna´s Aunt, as she is a stodgy old woman that they are made to greet on arrival. They subsequently get exposed to her ramblings about the queen's health.

Anna is mildly offended by Pierre, who has just arrived back from an overseas education and has no idea how to behave in proper society. This is his first outing into it and he is fascinated by the conversational matter of the other guests, leading him to jump from discussion to discussion.