War and Peace: resumen de Book 5: 1806–07, Chapter 10

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1. Pierre summons his stewards in Kiev and orders preparations for emancipation, lighter labor, humane treatment, and new welfare buildings.
2. The chief steward uses debts and complicated transactions to obstruct emancipation, while Pierre struggles to understand estate business.
3. Social pleasures consume Pierre’s time, and he consoles himself for moral failures by emphasizing his generosity.
4. In spring 1807, Pierre tours his estates, where the chief steward arranges buildings and grateful receptions to deceive him.
5. The narrator exposes the hardship concealed by these displays, including heavier labor and a priest’s exploitation of families.
6. Pierre celebrates his apparent success and still requests emancipation, while the steward counts on his inability to check the work.

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