War and Peace: resumen de Book 4: 1806, Chapter 9

Qué sucede

1. Prince Andrew kisses his suffering wife, but Mary Bogdánovna asks him to leave when her pains return.
2. He waits outside, hears a terrible scream followed by an infant’s cries, and weeps with joy.
3. He enters the bedroom and finds his wife dead, while Mary Bogdánovna holds the newborn.
4. His father embraces him in tears; at the funeral, Andrew feels guilt that he cannot undo.
5. The baby is baptized as Prince Nicholas Andréevich, and Andrew feels relieved pleasure when the nurse reports that the hair-bearing wax floats.

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The funeral turns Andrew’s grief into a sense of lasting guilt. The passage does not name a specific act as his sin.

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