War and Peace, Book 5: 1806–07, Chapter 17 summary
Book 5: 1806–07, Chapter 17 of 365 · 6 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 17, Rostóv uses the armistice to seek Denísov in a hospital, where a doctor warns him about typhus and cannot confirm his friend’s condition. Entering a soldiers’ ward, he encounters desperate thirst, neglect, and an unremoved corpse, then leaves distressed without finding Denísov.
What happens
- After the battle of Friedland and the armistice, Rostóv gets leave to visit Denísov, whose wound and case worry him.
- At the hospital, a doctor warns Rostóv about typhus and describes severe shortages of medical staff.
- The doctor guesses that Denísov is dead, but Makéev does not confirm this and directs Rostóv toward the officers’ wards.
- Rostóv enters a soldiers’ ward and orders an orderly to help a thirsty man, but the orderly does not move.
- An old amputee reports that a nearby soldier has been dead since morning; the assistant promises removal, and Rostóv hastily leaves.
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