The little white attic

Volume II part III chapter 23.  1/ Natasha is OK so far. I know she's supposed to be pure and lovely and charming, but for some reasons...

War and Peace , volume II chapter III chapter 21.  A conversation between Andrey Bolkonsky and Vera Rostova, when she realises something...

War and Peace , volume II part III chapter 20. "Berg smiled with a sense of his own superiority over a feeble woman. He paused and re...

Volume II part II chapter 15.  It seems that the question bothering Tolstoy for all of his life was: What's the meaning of life? At lea...

I've come to Volume II part II chapter 11. The other day I wrote that, Pierre changes except that he still tends to act on emotions. Th...

So, in volume II, we meet Pierre again at Nikolai's banquet. He sits there in silence, deep in thoughts, as he has known about his wife ...

It can be said that War and Peace is 3 books combined: a novel, a historical chronicle and a philosophical work on history.  So, can we ca...

Volume I part III chapter 9.  War and Peace , in spite of its 'reputation', is in fact very accessible and easy to read. At 1st, on...

In War and Peace , Tolstoy has, at lengths, described and mocked people's changing attitudes for Pierre after he inherits a large fortun...

What kind of person reads a book like "War and Peace" and only pays attention to smiles? You must be thinking. Well I do pay att...