Book One (1805) — Chapter 1
Book One (1805) — Chapter 1
July 1805. Anna Pavlovna Scherer's Petersburg salon opens the novel — Napoleon denounced, the season's anxieties dressed as wit, and Prince Vasili the first to arrive.
War and Peace — chapter by chapter
All 365 chapters, by volume — from Anna Pavlovna’s salon to the philosophy of history.
War and Peace is structured as four volumes, fifteen books, and two epilogues. Volume One covers the campaign of 1805 and ends at Austerlitz. Volume Two is the long peace from 1806 to 1811 — Pierre’s Masonic conversion, Natasha’s debut, the wolf hunt, the approach of catastrophe. Volume Three is the French invasion of 1812, the Battle of Borodino, and the burning of Moscow. Volume Four is the retreat, Andrei’s death, Pierre freed, and the survivors picking up what is left. The First Epilogue is 1820 at Bald Hills. The Second Epilogue is Tolstoy’s explicit philosophy of history — read it as his argument, not as fiction.
Volume One · 1805
The opening campaign. Petersburg salons, Austerlitz, the sky above the battlefield.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 2
Book One (1805) — Chapter 2
The salon fills. Every guest is marched past a silent aunt no one wants to meet. Then Hélène Kuragina walks in, beautiful and self-possessed, and the room quiets.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 3
Book One (1805) — Chapter 3
The Vicomte holds court on Napoleon's murder of the Duc d'Enghien. Then Pierre arrives from Paris — large, clumsy, and disconcertingly sincere — and the salon loses a step.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 4
Book One (1805) — Chapter 4
Andrei enters, surveys the salon with barely concealed contempt, and tells Anna Pavlovna he is off to join Kutuzov. His young wife stays behind.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 5
Book One (1805) — Chapter 5
Pierre defends Napoleon's ideas and is dismantled by the Vicomte. Andrei watches with amusement. Anna Pavlovna manages the damage.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 6
Book One (1805) — Chapter 6
The evening ends. Pierre takes the wrong hat, Andrei ignores his wife in the hall, and the two men walk out into a Petersburg night — each carrying something unresolved.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 7
Book One (1805) — Chapter 7
At Andrei's apartment after the soirée, Pierre argues with Lise about the war — then she leaves, and Andrei tells Pierre: never, never marry.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 8
Book One (1805) — Chapter 8
Supper after the soirée. Andrei and Pierre sit with the evening behind them and the campaign ahead. The newly married dining room is an ironic backdrop to Andrei's advice.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 9
Book One (1805) — Chapter 9
Pierre breaks his promise to Andrei within the hour, ends up at Anatole Kuragin's, and joins in tying a policeman to a bear. He is exiled to Moscow the next morning.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 10
Book One (1805) — Chapter 10
Moscow: Countess Rostova's name day reception. Count Rostov invites everyone to dinner with the same phrase. Anna Mikhaylovna arrives with her son Boris and an agenda.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 11
Book One (1805) — Chapter 11
Natasha runs into the drawing room at the wrong moment, stops too late, and is caught — the first image of the most alive character in the novel.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 12
Book One (1805) — Chapter 12
Sonya and Nicholas are left in the drawing room. Sonya's eyes follow her cousin with undisguised adoration. Nicholas is leaving university for the hussars.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 13
Book One (1805) — Chapter 13
Natasha hides in the conservatory to watch Boris find her. Sonya cries over Nicholas. Boris and Natasha negotiate their first kiss with teenage gravity.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 14
Book One (1805) — Chapter 14
Anna Mikhaylovna speaks privately with the countess about the Bezukhov fortune and Boris's prospects. The warmth of the Rostov household has its own currents of calculation.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 15
Book One (1805) — Chapter 15
Anna Mikhaylovna takes Boris to the dying Count Bezukhov's mansion. The doorman hesitates; she walks past him. Prince Vasili is already there.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 16
Book One (1805) — Chapter 16
Pierre arrives at his dying father's Moscow house. The three princesses receive him as though he were a corpse. He asks to see his father; they make the process as difficult as possible.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 17
Book One (1805) — Chapter 17
The Rostov household prepares its formal dinner. The men smoke and argue about the war. Countess Rostova sits briefly alone with her friend's poverty and her own.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 18
Book One (1805) — Chapter 18
Everyone waits for the 'terrible dragon' Marya Dmitrievna. In the study, the men argue about the war manifesto over pipes. Berg explains his financial strategy to a sardonic Shinshin.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 19
Book One (1805) — Chapter 19
Marya Dmitrievna arrives and dominates the dinner table. The war discussion runs at both ends. Natasha asks her a direct question and gets a direct answer.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 20
Book One (1805) — Chapter 20
After dinner, Natasha sings at the clavichord. Nicholas is in secret despair over a gambling debt. Her voice reaches him and makes the rest of his life seem survivable.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 21
Book One (1805) — Chapter 21
Count Bezukhov suffers his sixth stroke. The deathbed room fills. Prince Vasili manages the position of the will; Anna Mikhaylovna runs interference with Pierre behind her.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 22
Book One (1805) — Chapter 22
Pierre arrives through a back door, half-asleep, and enters the dying room. The ceremony is magnificent. He holds his candle wrong. The youngest princess cannot stop laughing at him.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 23
Book One (1805) — Chapter 23
During the last rites service, Pierre notices Prince Vasili and Princess Catiche slip out together and return. Something has been done. The ceremony continues.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 24
Book One (1805) — Chapter 24
Anna Mikhaylovna sits on the portfolio containing the will and refuses to yield it to Princess Catiche. Prince Vasili withdraws. Pierre inherits.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 25
Book One (1805) — Chapter 25
Bald Hills: Princess Marya crosses herself before entering her father's study each morning. The old Prince Bolkonsky is at his lathe. Andrei and his wife are expected today.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 26
Book One (1805) — Chapter 26
Andrei and his pregnant wife arrive at Bald Hills. The old prince is unchanged — brilliant, rigid, and ruling by schedule. Mary is patient. Andrei is already elsewhere in his thoughts.
Book One (1805) — Chapter 27
Book One (1805) — Chapter 27
Dinner at Bald Hills. The old prince tests his son, lectures his daughter, and runs the table on strict principles. Lise tries to charm her way through. The household's tensions surface over soup.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 1
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 1
Andrei's last night at Bald Hills. Mary gives him an icon. The old prince says goodbye in his own way. Lise weeps. The carriage leaves at dawn.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 2
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 2
An infantry regiment stands inspection outside Braunau. Buttons shined, boots ruined, the commander sweating. Kutuzov steps out of his carriage as if none of them exist.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 3
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 3
Kutuzov moves through the ranks, spots Dolokhov in a civilian coat, and says nothing. The boots problem comes up. Kutuzov already knows everything and decides nothing out loud.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 4
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 4
After the inspection, Kutuzov handles an Austrian general with elaborate diplomatic courtesy. Andrei waits with dispatches. Kutuzov says everything and nothing with equal grace.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 5
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 5
Rostov returns from foraging to find the hussars at ease in their German village billets. Denisov has been losing at cards. Camp life is vivid and entirely satisfying to a twenty-year-old.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 5
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 5
The officers argue over Rostov's honor quarrel with the colonel. Rostov will not apologize for something he did not do. The staff captain, twice broken for the same kind of thing, tries to talk him down.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 6
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 6
October 23: retreat to the Enns. Baggage, artillery, infantry press through the town and over the bridge. Nesvitski eats pies on a gun carriage. French shells begin to fall.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 7
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 7
Nesvitski is jammed on the Enns bridge in the crush of retreat. The river of men is vivid and unstoppable. Shells fly overhead. The Cossack gives up trying to push forward.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 8
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 8
Denisov's squadron is the last unit at the Enns, alone before the French on the hill. Cannon fire comes. Rostov feels the peculiar exhilaration of being under fire for the first time.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 9
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 9
Andrei rides through the night to deliver news of victory to the Austrian court. The battle replays in his mind. He asks himself where his Toulon will be.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 10
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 10
Andrei reaches Brünn and stays with Bilíbin, a diplomat of formidable wit. The circle of 'ours' welcomes him. After the campaign, the warmth and cleanliness of luxury are almost enough.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 11
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 11
Bilíbin's dinner table. The fall of Vienna becomes material for epigrams. Andrei listens with divided attention. Bilíbin's wit and his intelligence analysis turn out to be the same instrument.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 12
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 12
Emperor Francis receives Andrei in formal audience and asks the same questions twice. The answers clearly don't interest him. Andrei delivers his dispatch and watches the ceremony from inside it.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 13
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 13
Andrei rides back to the army through complete disorder — clogged roads, lost units, the retreat falling apart. Napoleon's words about Ulm run through his head.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 14
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 14
Kutuzov receives intelligence that the French have crossed the Vienna bridge. Three options, all bad. He picks the race to Znaim and sends Bagration ahead with four thousand men.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 15
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 15
Andrei joins Bagration's advance guard before the battle. Nobody knows if there will be fighting or a parley. He surveys the position, sketches a plan, and overhears something.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 16
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 16
At the battery, Andrei meets Captain Tushin — unmilitary, pipe-smoking, quietly philosophical. A shot is fired. The battle begins. Andrei gallops back to Bagration.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 17
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 17
The battle opens. Andrei gallops through companies forming ranks toward Bagration. 'It's started! Here it is!' He is looking for his Toulon in every direction.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 18
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 18
Bagration rides into the battle, meets the wounded coming back, and finds his regiment barely holding. His face changes when the fighting begins. He becomes someone else under fire.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 19
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 19
The Russian left flank is overwhelmed. Zherkov is sent with retreat orders and loses his nerve before delivering them. The two colonels commanding the left are quarreling when Lannes strikes.
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 20
Book Two (1805) — Chapter 20
One shout of 'Cut off!' and the infantry rout begins. Their general gallops into a storm of bullets to stop them. He shouts, waves his saber, and the soldiers keep running.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 21
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 21
Tushin withdraws his guns through the dark, blamed by staff officers for what happened. A wounded cadet asks quietly for a ride. Tushin, who has carried everything today, gives it.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 1
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 1
Prince Vasili installs Pierre in Petersburg and steers him toward Hélène through calculated social pressure dressed as hospitality.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 2
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 2
Pierre drifts into engagement with Hélène through a collapse of will that Tolstoy diagnoses with unflinching precision.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 3
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 3
Vasili arrives at Bald Hills with Anatole in tow; the old prince sees through the scheme and Princess Mary begins to hope and dread simultaneously.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 4
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 4
Anatole makes his first impression at Bald Hills — handsome, effortless, and already directing his significant glances at Mademoiselle Bourienne.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 5
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 5
Princess Mary finds Anatole with Mademoiselle Bourienne in the conservatory; the marriage question resolves itself without need of refusal.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 6
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 6
Nikolai's letter arrives at the Rostov house and the family dissolves into the particular tearful joy of parents who learn their son is alive.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 7
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 7
The Guards parade at Olmütz in all their Petersburg shine; Nikolai visits Boris, who is already calculating his path up the army's social ladder.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 8
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 8
Alexander rides past at the Olmütz review; Nikolai's adoration is enormous, sincere, and analyzed by Tolstoy with complete unsentimental precision.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 9
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 9
Boris visits Andrei's quarters and receives a lesson in how military headquarters distributes access, dismissal, and social power.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 10
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 10
Denisov's squadron waits before Schöngrabern; Cossacks bring in a French prisoner and his horse; the battle is close but not yet visible.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 11
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 11
Savary's diplomatic mission, the army's advance, and the mood of overconfidence at Russian headquarters that Austerlitz will shortly shatter.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 12
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 12
Weyrother reads his battle plan to the sleeping Kutuzov and puzzled generals; Andrei daydreams of personal glory; the stage is set for tomorrow's disaster.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 13
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 13
Nikolai keeps his lonely picket watch the night before Austerlitz, fighting sleep and thinking about the Emperor while the French fires burn across the valley.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 14
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 14
The columns descend into the Austerlitz fog before dawn; Tolstoy's essential image of the soldier in battle — hemmed in, blind, borne along by his regiment.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 15
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 15
Andrei rides at the column's head watching passing standards and rehearsing his moment of glory; Kutuzov watches the same descent and goes quiet.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 16
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 16
The French appear at close range where Weyrother's plan had empty space; the command level registers the moment with cold, specific horror.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 17
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 17
Nikolai is sent to find Kutuzov with Bagration's message; what he finds instead is Austerlitz coming apart — crowds, confusion, and an Emperor already fled.
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 18
Book Three (1805) — Chapter 18
Nikolai finds Alexander alone and weeping at the edge of a pond after Austerlitz; his adoration survives contact with the Emperor's very human grief.
Volume Two · 1806–1812
The long peace. Pierre and Freemasonry. Natasha’s coming-out ball. The approach of war.
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 19
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 19
Andrei lies wounded at Austerlitz looking up at the high sky; Napoleon stands over him; the entirety of his former ambitions becomes visible as vanity.
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 1
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 1
Nikolai returns to Moscow on leave, leaning forward in the sleigh to hasten it, recognizing each landmark on the familiar route home.
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 2
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 2
Moscow receives Nikolai as a returning hero; he spends freely, tells military stories, and drifts from Sonya without quite deciding to.
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 3
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 3
Moscow's English Club celebrates Bagration while processing Austerlitz; Pierre appears, married and miserable; political gossip stands in for military analysis.
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 4
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 4
Pierre receives confirmation of Hélène's infidelity at the dinner table; Dolokhov makes a pointed toast; Pierre challenges him to a duel.
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 5
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 5
Pierre wounds Dolokhov in the snow in a duel he was expected to lose; Dolokhov falls and calls for his mother; Pierre drives home not sure what has happened.
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 6
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 6
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 7
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 7
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 8
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 8
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 9
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 9
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 10
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 10
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 11
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 11
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 12
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 12
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 13
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 13
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 14
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 14
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 15
Book Four (1806) — Chapter 15
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 16
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 16
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 1
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 1
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 2
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 2
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 3
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 3
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 4
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 4
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 5
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 5
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 6
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 6
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 7
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 7
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 8
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 8
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 9
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 9
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 10
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 10
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 11
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 11
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 12
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 12
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 13
Book Five (1806 - 07) — Chapter 13
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 14
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 14
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 15
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 15
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 16
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 16
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 17
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 17
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 18
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 18
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 19
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 19
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 20
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 20
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 21
Book Five (1806–07) — Chapter 21
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 22
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 22
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 1
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 1
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 2
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 2
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 3
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 3
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 4
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 4
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 5
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 5
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 6
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 6
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 7
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 7
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 8
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 8
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 9
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 9
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 10
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 10
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 11
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 11
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 12
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 12
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 13
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 13
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 14
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 14
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 15
Book Six (1808–10) — Chapter 15
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 16
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 16
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 17
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 17
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 18
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 18
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 19
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 19
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 20
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 20
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 21
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 21
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 22
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 22
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 23
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 23
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 24
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 24
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 25
Book Six (1808 - 10) — Chapter 25
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 26
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 26
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 1
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 1
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 2
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 2
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 3
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 3
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 4
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 4
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 5
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 5
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 6
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 6
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 7
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 7
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 8
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 8
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 9
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 9
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 10
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 10
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 11
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 11
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 12
Book Seven (1810 - 11) — Chapter 12
Book Eight (1811 - 12) — Chapter 13
Book Eight (1811 - 12) — Chapter 13
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 1
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 1
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 2
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 2
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 3
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 3
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 4
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 4
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 5
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 5
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 6
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 6
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 7
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 7
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 8
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 8
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 9
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 9
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 10
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 10
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 11
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 11
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 12
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 12
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 13
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 13
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 14
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 14
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 15
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 15
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 16
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 16
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 17
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 17
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 18
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 18
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 19
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 19
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 20
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 20
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 21
Book Eight (1811–12) — Chapter 21
Volume Three · 1812
The French invasion. Borodino. Moscow abandoned and burning. Pierre’s captivity begins.
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 22
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 22
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 19
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 19
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 20
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 20
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 21
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 21
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 22
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 22
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 23
Book Nine (1812) — Chapter 23
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 19
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 19
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 20
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 20
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 21
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 21
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 22
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 22
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 23
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 23
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 24
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 24
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 25
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 25
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 26
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 26
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 27
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 27
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 28
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 28
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 29
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 29
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 30
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 30
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 31
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 31
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 32
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 32
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 33
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 33
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 34
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 34
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 35
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 35
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 36
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 36
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 37
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 37
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 38
Book Ten (1812) — Chapter 38
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 39
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 39
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 19
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 19
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 20
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 20
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 21
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 21
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 22
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 22
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 23
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 23
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 24
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 24
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 25
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 25
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 26
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 26
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 27
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 27
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 28
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 28
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 29
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 29
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 30
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 30
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 31
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 31
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 32
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 32
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 33
Book Eleven (1812) — Chapter 33
Volume Four · 1812–1813
The French retreat. Andrei’s death. Natasha’s transformation. Pierre freed.
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 34
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 34
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Twelve (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Thirteen (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 19
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 19
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 1
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 2
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 3
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 4
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 5
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 6
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 7
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 8
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 9
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 10
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 11
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 12
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 13
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 14
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 15
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 16
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 17
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Fourteen (1812) — Chapter 18
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 19
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 19
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 1
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 1
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 2
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 2
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 3
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 3
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 4
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 4
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 5
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 5
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 6
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 6
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 7
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 7
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 8
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 8
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 9
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 9
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 10
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 10
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 11
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 11
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 12
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 12
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 13
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 13
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 14
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 14
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 15
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 15
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 16
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 16
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 17
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 17
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 18
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 18
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 19
Book Fifteen (1812 - 13) — Chapter 19
First Epilogue · 1813–1820
Seven years later. The survivors at Bald Hills. Pierre and Natasha married.
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 20
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 20
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 1
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 1
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 2
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 2
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 3
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 3
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 4
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 4
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 5
First Epilogue (1813 - 20) — Chapter 5
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 6
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 6
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 7
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 7
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 8
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 8
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 9
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 9
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 10
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 10
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 11
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 11
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 12
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 12
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 13
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 13
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 14
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 14
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 15
First Epilogue (1813–20) — Chapter 15
Second Epilogue
Tolstoy’s philosophy of history. Free will, necessity, and the nature of historical causation.
Second Epilogue — Chapter 1
Second Epilogue — Chapter 1
Second Epilogue — Chapter 2
Second Epilogue — Chapter 2
Second Epilogue — Chapter 3
Second Epilogue — Chapter 3
Second Epilogue — Chapter 4
Second Epilogue — Chapter 4
Second Epilogue — Chapter 5
Second Epilogue — Chapter 5
Second Epilogue — Chapter 6
Second Epilogue — Chapter 6
Second Epilogue — Chapter 7
Second Epilogue — Chapter 7
Second Epilogue — Chapter 8
Second Epilogue — Chapter 8
Second Epilogue — Chapter 9
Second Epilogue — Chapter 9
Second Epilogue — Chapter 10
Second Epilogue — Chapter 10
Second Epilogue — Chapter 11
Second Epilogue — Chapter 11
Second Epilogue — Chapter 12
Second Epilogue — Chapter 12
Second Epilogue — Chapter 13