War and Peace, Book 11: 1812, Chapter 12 summary
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In Chapter 12, the Rostovs delay their departure from Moscow until Petya returns, while the countess fears for her sons and the city fills with rumors and wounded men. Sónya manages the packing despite her distress over Nicholas’s marriage prospects, while Petya and Natásha welcome the excitement surrounding the approaching fighting.
What happens
- The count arranges Petya’s transfer to a regiment near Moscow to ease the countess’s fear for her sons.
- Nicholas writes from Vorónezh Province, but news of his safety only sharpens the countess’s anxiety about Petya.
- Petya returns on August twenty-eighth, avoids his mother’s possessive affection, and spends his time with Natásha.
- Wounded men enter Moscow as residents leave, and contradictory rumors circulate amid a shared expectation that the city must be abandoned.
- Sónya handles the packing while suffering over the countess’s hope that Nicholas might marry the wealthy Princess Mary.
- Petya and Natásha laugh and play, excited by each other’s company and the extraordinary events around them.
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