War and Peace, Book 7: 1810–11, Chapter 4 summary
Book 7: 1810–11, Chapter 4 of 365 · 9 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 4, Nicholas organizes a large hunting party, joins forces with Uncle, and assigns positions while Count Ilyá Rostóv enjoys praise of his children. When a wolf approaches the distracted count, she escapes into the wood, and Daniel angrily blames him for missing the chance to stop her.
What happens
- Nicholas checks the preparations and leads the hunting party toward the Otrádnoe covert.
- Uncle warns that another hunting party is nearby, joins his hounds with Nicholas’s, and helps arrange their positions.
- Natásha and Pétya join eagerly, while Nicholas and Uncle insist on discipline.
- Count Ilyá Rostóv takes his position and enjoys Simon Chekmár’s praise of Natásha and Nicholas.
- The hounds follow a wolf, divide into two packs, and then suddenly approach the count.
- The wolf escapes into the wood, and Daniel angrily rebukes the embarrassed count.
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Daniel directly blames the count for the escape. His anger replaces the count’s comfortable pleasure with fear and embarrassment.
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What does Daniel blame the count for?
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