In October, 1805, a Russian army was occupying the villages and towns of the Archduchy of Austria, and yet other regiments freshly arriving from Russia were settling near the fortress of…
The gray-haired valet was sitting drowsily listening to the snoring of the prince, who was in his large study. From the far side of the house through the closed doors came the sound of…
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While in the Rostovs' ballroom the sixth anglaise was being danced, to a tune in which the weary musicians blundered, and while tired…
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Pierre, after all, had not managed to choose a career for himself in Petersburg, and had been expelled from there for riotous…
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The only young people remaining in the drawing room, not counting the young lady visitor and the countess' eldest daughter (who was…
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Anna Pavlovna's drawing room was gradually filling. The highest Petersburg society was assembled there: people differing widely in age and…
