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 1: Book 4 - Chapter 9

Characters Present:

Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya

Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Midwife Mary Bogdánovna  
A doctor from Moscow  
Prince Nicholas Andréevich
 

Location:

Bald Hill Estate

Prince Andrew goes into see his wife Princess Lisa between contractions and he is nicer to her than he has ever been. 

Prince Andrew leaves as some new contractions begin and he hears terrible animal moans, a scream and eventually the wail of a baby come from the other side of the door.  The nurse rushes out of the room without making eye-contact with him, and the doctor looks ashen-faced.  Princess Mary died in the final moments of birth. 

The funeral happens, and then the baptism for the baby, who is called "Prince Nicholas Andréevich".

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 8

Characters Present:

Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Midwife Mary Bogdánovna
A doctor from Moscow

Location:

Bald Hill Estate

Princess Lisa goes into labour in the morning and Princess Mary runs for the midwife.  Princess Lisa stays in labour all day and well into the night.  

Much to everyone's delight, a male voice inquiring after his father is heard from downstairs late in the evening - Prince Andrew has finally returned home.

Volume 1: Book 4 - Chapter 7

Characters Present:

Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya
Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski

Location:

Bald Hills Estate

 
Prince Nicholas Bolkónski receives a letter from General Kutúzov outlining his son's demise.  Nicholas Bolkónski tells his daughter Mary, who asks to weep with him.   He won't allow it and gets bad tempered about good Russian men dying for Russian glory. 

Mary wants to tell her sister-in-law, Lisa, about her husbands death, but cannot bring herself to, and asks her father to keep it quiet until Lisa comes out of her "confinement" in a few days time.

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.

Book 1 - Chapter 26

Characters Present:

Princess Mary Bolkónskaya

Prince Andrew Bolkónski and his wife, 
Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya

Prince Nicholas Bolkónski

A random French woman who seems to live there called Mademoiselle Bourienne

Setting:

Bald Hill Estate

Princess Lisa and Prince Andrew arrive at Bald Hills and Lisa and Mary are overjoyed to see one another. There is much rejoicing.

Prince Andrew goes into the drawing room to visit with his father, Prince Nicholas. They discuss the war for the whole time. Prince Andrew reveals that the Russian stratagem will be to send an army of ninety-thousand to Prussia to threaten them out of their neutrality, send some of these men join some Swedish forces at Stralsund, send two-hundred-and-twenty-thousand Russians to join up with one-hundred-thousand Austrians in Italy and the Rhine and send fifty-thousand men to join up with as many English in Naples. Essentially, the armies are to surround the French forces and attack them from various sides.

Volume 1: Book 1 - Chapter 7

Characters Present:

Pierre Bezukhov

Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya (Andrew´s wife)

Location: 

Prince Andrew´s study.

Pierre and Andrew are still talking about the war when Lisa enters the room. She makes a comment about men being egotistical and violent and goes on to say that women would never allow a war to happen.

She gets rather upset about Andrew going to war, with her being pregnant and all, and mentions that she resents being sent away to the country to be with Andrew´s father and sister. Andrew is a bit of bastard in response to it all and Lisa tells him that he has changed since they were married.

Pierre is awkward about the scene and tries to leave, but Andrew grabs his hand, insists that he stays and proceeds to send Lisa to bed under the premise that the doctor told her that she has to have early nights now.

Volume 1: Book 1 - Chapter 6

Characters Present:

Anna Pávlovna
Prince Hippolyte Kurágin
Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya
Vicomte Mortemarte
Pierre Bezukhov
Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Location:

Firstly at Anna Pávlovna´s reception

Secondly, Prince Andrew´s study.

The guests finally leave the reception and Hippolyte gets a bit touchy-feely with Lisa. Mortemart notices and is nothing but encouraging.

The scene then moves to Pierre lying languidly on Andrew´s sofa, where they discuss what occupation that Pierre will take. Prince Andrew reveals that he will soon leave for battle.

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 3

Characters Present:

Anna Pávlovna

Princess Hélène Kuragina

Princess Lisa Bolkónskaya

Vicomte Mortemart

Pierre Bezukhov

Prince Hippolyte Kurágin 

An Abbot

Location:

Still at Anna´s reception.

The party is now in full swing, and the guests have formed into three groups; the most interesting being the the one with Mortemart at the centre, who is gossiping about the murder of Duc d´Enghien.

Mortemart is so charming that the beautiful Hélène´s circle merge into his and Mortemart proceeds to tell a tale of Duc d´Enghien going to Paris secretly to visit Mademoiselle George. At her house, he meets Bonaparte, who reportedly also enjoys the Mademoiselle's favours. Apparently Bonaparte fainted in the presence of Duc d´Enghien and due to extreme embarrassment, Bonaparte had the Duc killed.

Anna interrupts an impolite conversation between the Abbot and Pierre, and proceeds to move them into the larger group so that she can observe and control their conversation.

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.