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War and Peace, end of Book One
May. 12th, 2016 09:00 amI am three hundred odd pages into this book and I finally think that I have all the characters straight! Oh Tolstoy.
Prince Andrei is mortally wounded! Although there are still a thousand pages to go, so really I think it's too early for him to die, and also if he does then we're not going to have a prisoner of war's eye view on the French army, and surely that's something we all want.
Rostov has fallen in love with the emperor (like seriously, this is how Tolstoy describes it) and he had the opportunity to comfort him right after the battle had all gone to pieces, but instead of going up to him and saying something nice, Rostov panicked and spurred his horse to a gallop to flee the scene with all possible speed. OH ROSTOV. This is totally something I would do, let's be real, and it has made me a lot fonder of him.
Princess Marya continues to be the best, although it is becoming ever clearer to me that my affection for her will result in nothing but sadness. She shows all the signs of being Too Ugly for Love and is going to spend the rest of her life with her emotionally constipated father, and all I want for her is to find happiness and someone who loves her with all the tender kindness she deserves.
We haven't heard from Pierre for aaaaages, but last we heard, he had just gotten married because he was too polite/befuddled/alarmed to say he hadn't proposed to the young lady in question when her father burst into the room and congratulated them heartily on their impending nuptials.
The young lady in question is Ellen, and I am desperately curious if we'll ever get to hear her opinion on this state of affairs. She's the most beautiful young lady in St. Petersburg and could presumably marry just about anyone; does she mind being railroaded into marrying Pierre? Is she just glad he has lots of money? Does she care?
Prince Andrei is mortally wounded! Although there are still a thousand pages to go, so really I think it's too early for him to die, and also if he does then we're not going to have a prisoner of war's eye view on the French army, and surely that's something we all want.
Rostov has fallen in love with the emperor (like seriously, this is how Tolstoy describes it) and he had the opportunity to comfort him right after the battle had all gone to pieces, but instead of going up to him and saying something nice, Rostov panicked and spurred his horse to a gallop to flee the scene with all possible speed. OH ROSTOV. This is totally something I would do, let's be real, and it has made me a lot fonder of him.
Princess Marya continues to be the best, although it is becoming ever clearer to me that my affection for her will result in nothing but sadness. She shows all the signs of being Too Ugly for Love and is going to spend the rest of her life with her emotionally constipated father, and all I want for her is to find happiness and someone who loves her with all the tender kindness she deserves.
We haven't heard from Pierre for aaaaages, but last we heard, he had just gotten married because he was too polite/befuddled/alarmed to say he hadn't proposed to the young lady in question when her father burst into the room and congratulated them heartily on their impending nuptials.
The young lady in question is Ellen, and I am desperately curious if we'll ever get to hear her opinion on this state of affairs. She's the most beautiful young lady in St. Petersburg and could presumably marry just about anyone; does she mind being railroaded into marrying Pierre? Is she just glad he has lots of money? Does she care?
