War and Peace: resumen de Book 14: 1812, Chapter 18
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In Chapter 18, the narrator challenges historians who turn the French retreat and Napoleon’s abandonment of his army into evidence of genius. By contrasting their praise with the suffering and losses they excuse, the narrator argues that greatness must remain subject to moral judgment rather than replace it.
Qué sucede
- The narrator describes the French retreat as self-destructive and rejects accounts that explain the army’s movements through Napoleon’s plans.
- Napoleon chooses a devastated route despite available alternatives, and historians defend his decisions as profound.
- Accounts praise Napoleon at Krásnoe and Ney’s escape, although both leave troops behind.
- The narrator attacks historians for treating Napoleon’s departure as genius and placing greatness above moral judgment.
- The chapter closes by making simplicity, goodness, and truth necessary conditions of greatness.
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The closing sentence supplies the moral test that the historians’ praise avoids. It rejects greatness as an excuse for wrongdoing.
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What does Ney abandon while escaping to Orshá?
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