War and Peace: personer, tidslinje og steder

Anna Pávlovna welcomes Prince Vasíli to a reception where politics gives way to court influence and family concerns.

Nicholas defends entering military service and follows Sónya after his attention to Julie Karágina upsets her.

Prince Andrew prepares for war, accepts Princess Mary’s religious gift, and admits that his marriage is unhappy.

Túshin helps the injured Rostóv during the withdrawal, and Prince Andrew defends the battery’s conduct.

Prince Vasíli presses Pierre toward marriage with Hélène and congratulates them although Pierre has not proposed.

Wounded Prince Andrew receives Napoleon’s attention but finds his former hero insignificant beside the nearness of death.

Prince Andrew returns to his wife during labor, hears their newborn cry, and discovers that she is dead.

Pierre undergoes Masonic initiation and receives teachings directing him toward purity, kindness, and equality.

Rostóv watches Alexander welcome Napoleon and struggles with doubts about military suffering and unequal rewards.

Natásha dances with delight, while Prince Andrew’s growing attraction leads him to imagine her as his wife.

Prince Andrew obtains his father’s conditional consent and proposes to Natásha.

Sónya confronts Natásha about Anatole’s letter, and Natásha writes to Princess Mary refusing to marry Prince Andrew.

Western European forces cross the Russian frontier, while the narrator challenges explanations that blame individual rulers or grievances.

Rostóv breaks the peasants’ resistance through threats and arrests, allowing Princess Mary to leave Boguchárovo.

Napoleon tries to direct the fighting at Borodinó, but smoke and changing reports frustrate his control.

Prince Andrew’s regiment endures artillery fire without fighting, and a nearby shell gravely wounds him.

The Rostóvs leave Moscow with wounded men, hiding Prince Andrew’s presence from Natásha.

Pierre watches five prisoners being shot without understanding that his own life is spared.

Pierre finds unexpected inner peace in captivity as hardship strips away his concern with reputation, politics, and former ambitions.

Pétya ignores Denísov’s orders, charges into French gunfire, and dies as the attackers force a surrender.

Natásha cares for her grieving mother after Pétya’s death, awakening her own capacity for love and life.

Pierre resolves to marry Natásha and asks Princess Mary whether his love has any hope.

Nicholas marries Princess Mary, settles at Bald Hills, clears his debts, and builds wealth through farming.

The narrator compares changes in astronomy with the need to explain history through laws rather than individual free will.