Volume 3: Book 15 - Chapter 20

Characters Present:


Pierre Bezukhov
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Natasha Rostova

Location: 

Moscow

After Pierre leaves dinner, Natasha begs Mary to tell her what she and Pierre spoke about.

Mary sees a light, previously extinguished, reignite in Natasha's eyes, and tries to ignore the niggling feeling that Natasha has gotten over her brother too quickly.

Mary relates the conversation to Natasha and Natasha is upset that Pierre will go to Petersburg on the following day, and is both satisfied and agitated by the state of things.

-END OF BOOK 15-

Volume 3: Book 15 - Chapter 18

Characters Present:


Pierre Bezukhov
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Natasha Rostova

Location: 

Moscow

Pierre puts off his trip to Petersburg, and returns to Mary's house for dinner over several evenings.  He is infatuated with Natasha and he is overstaying his welcome with Mary, who seems tired of his long visits.

Eventually he gets to speak to Mary alone, and asks her if there is any chance for him and Natasha.  As Natasha is still in mourning black, Mary thinks it unwise for him to make any moves, but says that she will facilitate the union.  She tells Pierre to go to Petersburg the following day.

Volume 3: Book 15 - Chapter 17

Characters Present:


Pierre Bezukhov
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Natasha Rostova

Location: 

Moscow

Pierre stays for dinner, and Natasha and Mary insist on hearing about Pierre's experiences in the war. 

He relates them, and finishes just after 3am.   Mary sees that love is possible between Pierre and Natasha.

When Mary and Natasha go to bed, Natasha remarks on what an impressive man Pierre has become.

Volume 3: Book 15 - Chapter 16

Characters Present:


Pierre Bezukhov
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Natasha Rostova

Location: 

Moscow


The three friends discuss the deaths of Petya Rostóv and Prince Andrew.  

Natasha leaves the room and Mary remarks that this is the first time that Natasha had spoken of the lead up to Prince Andrew's death.

Volume 3: Book 15 - Chapter 15

Characters Present:


Pierre Bezukhov
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Natasha Rostova

Location: 

Moscow

Pierre stays in the unburnt portion of his house in Moscow, and receives many visitors. 

He goes to visit Mary, and finds her in her apartments with a companion.  They begin to speak, and doesn't recognise that Mary's companion is Natasha.  Mary tells Pierre that her companion is Natasha, and Pierre suddenly recognises her as a thinner, much more solemn, kinder version of her former self.

Pierre is reminded that he is in love with her, and betrays himself by getting flushed and stuttery.  

Volume 3: Book 15 - Chapter 3

Characters Present:

Natasha Rostova
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya

Location: 

Yarosláv


Natasha is the only one able to attend to her mother effectively.

Princess Mary delays her trip to Moscow by three weeks, and during this time, she and Natasha become the best of friends, and are gradually able to forget about Andrew's death. 

After three weeks, Mary returns to Moscow, and Natasha goes with her.  She is to see doctors there, as she has become pale and thin.

Volume 3: Book 15 - Chapter 1

Characters Present:

Natasha Rostova
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya 

Location: 

Yaroslávl'


Natasha and Princess Mary are both grieving over Andrew's death.  

Princess Mary emerges from it sooner, as she feels a great responsibility to her nephew, who has developed a cough from sleeping in a damp bedroom.  Mary speaks about returning to Moscow, and asks Natasha to go with her. Natasha refuses as she is not ready to leave and grieves for some time, but eventually realises that at least Prince Andrew is no longer in pain.  

The maid comes to get her from her bedroom as her father has terrible news regarding her youngest brother, Pétya.

Volume 3: Book 12 - Chapter 15

Characters Present:

Princess Mary Bolkonskaya
Natasha Rostova
Prince Andrew Bolkónski
Young Prince Nicholas - now 7 years old.

Location: 

Yaroslávl

Mary discovers Andrew in a cold state of calm, which is very upsetting to her.  He has found some kind of holy existence in the knowledge that he will soon die. 

His son Nicholas is brought to him, and Mary cries at the thought of Nicholas not having a father. Andrew tries to warm up and be compassionate, but with great difficulty.

Nicholas takes a liking to Natasha.

Volume 3: Book 12 - Chapter 14

Characters Present:

Princess Mary Bolkonskaya
Sonya Rostova
Natasha Rostova
Countess Natalya Rostova

Location: 

Yaroslávl


Mary travels with determination to see her brother.  She is met at the door by Sonya, who gives her big fake smiles, though Mary doesn't know why. 

Natasha comes running from Andrew's sickbed, and she and Mary cry on each others shoulders. Despite not liking her much before, Mary forgets this, and sees that Natasha is only sorrowful for her and her brother. 

Andrew's condition has taken a turn for the worse.

Volume 3: Book 12 - Chapter 7

Characters Present:

Nicholas Rostóv
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya

Location: 

A church


Nicholas goes to church, and sees Mary praying with her whole being, and feels more in love with her than before.

Mary has heard that her brother, Prince Andrew, has been wounded, and is about to set off to be with him.

Nicholas is depressed as he continues to stand by his childhood promise to marry his cousin, Sonja Rostova, and prays to god to release him from the promise.  God works super quickly on this one, and Nicholas receives a letter from Sonya about ten minutes after his prayer.  Sonya has released him from his promise.

Volume 3: Book 12 - Chapter 6

Characters Present:

Nicholas Rostóv
Anna Ignátyevna Malvínyseva
Catherine Petróvna
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya

Location: 

Anna Ignátyevna Malvínyseva's house


The setting up of Mary and Nicholas has begun, and Nicholas visits Mary.  Mary blossoms into a beautiful woman upon meeting Nicholas again.  

As Mary's father died so recently, it is inappropriate for them to become betrothed, but Catherine and Anna keep relaying romantic information between the two of them. 

Nicholas is struggling, as even though he is in love with her, and doesn't think about her in the same terms as the targets of his flirtations, he also is unable to think of Mary as his wife.

Volume 3: Book 12 - Chapter 5

Characters Present:

Nicholas Rostóv
Nikíta Ivánich and his wife
Anna Ignátyevna Malvínyseva
Catherine Petróvna

Location: 

Provincial Russia, Catherine Petróvna's house

Nicholas is called away from his shameless flirting to speak with Anna Ignátyevna Malvínyseva, who happens to be an aunt of Princess Mary Bolkonskaya. It also happens that Princess Mary is travelling with her aunt.

Nicholas and Anna speak briefly, and he is quickly dismissed.  Catherine Pretróvna calls Nicholas aside, and asks if he would like to be set up with Princess Mary.   Nicholas explains the complication of Sonya to her, but then concurs that he does like Princess Mary very much. 

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 17

Characters Present:

Julie Drubetskaya
Pierre Bezukhov

Location:

Moscow at a social gathering, hosted by Julie Drubetskaya 

The people at the gathering gossip about the French, who are getting closer to Moscow, and decide that they, the people in polite society, should all stop speaking French now.

The Rostov family come up in conversation, and Julie tells Pierre that she knows that there is a romance between him and Natasha. Pierre denies it.

They then discuss Nicholas Rostov's rescue of Princess Mary Bolkónskaya, and the budding romance between them.

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 14

Characters Present:

Princess Mary Bolkonskaya
Nicholas Rostóv
Dron


Location:

Boguchárovo 

Nicholas calls for Dron, the leader of the peasant's to be brought to him, and Dron is subsequently locked in a cupboard while Nicholas rallies the peasants to load Princess Mary's carts.

He has a conversation with Princess Mary before she departs, and they, unbeknownst to one another, fall in love. Dron is released from the cupboard.

Nicholas feels agitated by the taunts by his comrades, but only because he doesn't know what to do about Sonya, his cousin, to whom he is betrothed.  

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 13

Characters Present:

Princess Mary Bolkonskaya
Nicholas Rostóv
Ilyín
Alpátych

Location:

Boguchárovo 

Nicholas and Ilyín ride into Boguchárovo, which has been between opposing armies for a few days.

Alpátych approaches them, and asks them for help: the peasants will not allow Princess Mary to leave, threatening to unharness her horses if she tries.  They have however, stated that they will serve her, as before, if she stays.

Nicholas goes to speak with Princess Mary, and he seems quite taken with her fragility.  She explains to him what has happened, and he assures her that she will have a safe passage away from the village.

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 12

Characters Present:

Princess Mary Bolkonskaya

Location:

Boguchárovo 


Princess Mary spends some time brooding alone in her bedroom. 

She thinks of her father, wondering what he meant when he said "dear-est" just before he died.

Princess Mary eventually realises that he meant "Dunyásha" and starts screaming it loudly as she runs to the servant's quarters, and towards her old nursemaid.

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 11

Characters Present:

Dron
Princess Mary Bolkonskaya
The Peasants

Location:

Boguchárovo 

Princess Mary is visited by Dron an hour after he first left, who tells her that the peasants have come to speak with her.

Princess Mary goes outside to ask why they haven't left for Moscow, or taken the grain that she offered them.

She gives an impassioned speech, saying to them what what is hers is theirs, but is met by a grim silence. 

Eventually, she asks why they won't leave for safety, and the answer comes back in several voices from the crowd, that imply that she is tricking them into slavery by getting them to move on to Moscow.  They would prefer to stay where they are, despite the danger from the French.

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 8

Characters Present:

Old Prince Nicholas Bolkónski
Alpátych
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya

Location:

Bald Hill Estate, then Boguchárovo 


When Alpátych returns from Smolénsk, Prince Nicholas finally has the realisation that his household is in danger and everyone goes, except for Princess Mary, who refuses to leave her father, who is insisting on staying to defend Ball Hills.

Prince Nicholas then has a stroke, and becomes paralysed down one side his body, and loses the ability to speak very clearly.  

Princess Mary goes to sit with him, and he manages to tell her that he always thinks of her, thanks her for everything, then asks her to send for Andrew. Mary replies that she had a letter from Andrew saying that Smolénsk was lost, and Prince Nicholas begins to weep. 

Mary goes for a short walk in the garden, and the doctor comes out to say that the old prince has died.

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 4

Characters Present:

Dessalles
Alpátych
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Location:

Bald Hill Estate, then 40 miles away, in Smolénsk

Dessalles tells Princess Mary to send a letter via Alpátych to the governor in Smolénsk to ask advice as to whether they should leave Bald Hills or not, due to the fighting.

Alpátych arrives in Smolénsk, and the town is being abandoned, with sounds of firing getting closer, and chaos in the streets. 

He goes to visit the governor who gives him a letter to take back, which says that everything is fine in Smolénsk.

Alpátych then runs into Prince Andrew, who gives him another letter, saying that they should all go to Moscow.  

Alpáytch's innkeeper beats his wife to death for wanting to leave, and then houses start to burn down.