War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Character list
Anna Pavlovna Scherer
-distinguished lady of the court, 40 years old, maid of honor to the Empress Marya Fyodorovna, also called Annette, unmarried, enthusiastic, impulsive
Prince Vassily Kuragin
-father Anatole, Ippolit, and Ellen, high in office and rank, affable
Princess Kuragin
-once been beautiful
Prince Anatole Vassily Kuragin
-son of Prince Vassily, handsome, the youngest, went into the army, forced to marry the daughter of a not well-to-do Polish landowner, keeps marriage a secret, loves Natasha, planned to run away with Natasha and marry her illegally, plot foiled by Marya Dmitryevna,had leg amputated due to having it blown off during battle
Prince Ippolit Vassily Sergyevitch Kuragin
-son of Prince Vassily, ugly, thin, secretary in the Austrian emabassy
Princess Ellen Vassily Kuragin
-beautiful daughter of Prince Vassily, married to Pierre, stupid, vulgar, wicked, a reputation as "a charming woman, as witty as she is beautiful", the most distinguished woman in Petersburg, wants to marry again, has two suitors in mind-a prince and a count
Prince Nikolay Andreivitch Bolkonsky
-nicknamed the "Prussian King", father of Marya and Andrey, father in law of Liza, has a very regimanted dailey schedule, rich, cruel, spiteful and hateful to his daughter, yet loves her, makes a show of romantically loving Mademoiselle Borienne, disaproves of Prince Andrey's match with Countess Natasha, doesn't like the character of Prince Vassily, dies
Princess Marya Bolkonsky
-daughter of Prince Bolkonsky, sister of Andrey, companion of Mademoiselle Brienne, good friend of Julie, also called Marie, plain-looking, pious, forgiving, never liked Natasha, secretly glad that the marriage was cancelled, turned down Anatole's offer of marriage
Mademoiselle Borienne
-compannion of Marya, orphan, pretty, French
Prince Andrey Bolkonsky
-son of Prince Bolkonsky, married to Liza Meinen, adjutant of Kutozov's, handsome, doesn't like society life, friend of Pierre, doesn't love Liza Bolkonsky anymore, widowed, received a slight wound on his arm from a bullet, presented with the Order of Maria Theresa of the third grade, tries to help Boris get a post as an adjuctant, friend of Speransky, falls in love with Natasha, proposes to her and was accepted, in delicate health, unable to forgive Natasha's betrayal, father of Nikolay by Liza, seriously wounded in the stomach
Princess Liza Meinen Bolkonsky
-married to Andrey, daughter-in-law of Nikolay and fearful of him, pregnant, a "society woman", charming beautiful, thinks that Andrey Bolkonsky doesn't love her anymore, died giving birth to littel Prince Nikolay
Prince Nikolay Boldonsky
-Prince Andrey's son
Katya
-Liza's maid
Monsieur Pierre
-illegitimate son of Count Bezuhov, later became Count Bezuhov, and inherited everything, banished from Moscow for the "swimming bear/police officer" incident, friend of Andrey, has a weak character, wears glasses, big and tall, unhappily married to Ellen, fights a duel with Dolohov and wounds him becuase he thinks he cheated with his wife, despises his wife, at first an atheist, then enters the brotherhood of freemasons, abandoned his wife amd then reconciliated, thought of as eccentric, loves Natasha
Count Kirill Vladimirovitch Bezuhov
-father of Pierre, and bequeaths everything to him, extremely handsome
Princesses Olga, Katerina (Katish), and Sophie Mamontov
-sister, and nieces of Count Bezuhov, get little in the inheritance
Princess Anna Mihalovna Drubetskoy
-mother of Boris, comes from a great family, poor, very determined
Prince Boris Drubetskoy
-sub-lieutenant in the Guards of Smenovsky regiment, has a childish passion toward Natasha Rostov, friends with Nikolay Rostov, advancing in the military by gettng on with who have the bestowal of promotion, marriend Julie
Count Ilya Rostov
-husband of Natalya, father of 12 children, a good dancer, having money troubles
Countess Natalya Shinshin Rostov
-mother of Natalya, Natasha, Nikolay, Petya, Vera, and 7 other children, 45 years old
Countess Natasha Ilinishna Rostov
-daughter of Natalya Rostov, 13 years old, good singer, graceful dancer, had a crush Boris and he was the first man she kissed, has a doll called Mimi, very perceptive, falls in love with Prince Andrey, agreed to marry him, fell in love with Anatole, planned to run away with Anatole, plot foiled by Marya Dmitryevna, is unhappy and begs for forgiveness, becomes seriously ill, gets better, likes the company of Pierre
Count Nikolay Rostov
-student, Count Rostov's oldest son, loves Sonya, friends with Boris, gave up the university to go into the Pavologradsky regiment of hussars (a member of any of various European units of light cavalry), injured arm in battle. promoted to officer(cornet), hates staff officers. lost 43,000 rubles to Dolohov in cards, promoted to captain, brave in battle, wants to marry Sonya
Sonya
-Count Rostov's niece, 15 years old, loves Nikolay, meek, retiring, is loved by Fedya Dolohov, turned down his proposal
Count Petya Rostov
-Count Rostov's youngest son, patriotic, wants to join the army, gets permission by his father
Countess Vera
-eldest daughter of Countess Natalya Rostov, cold-hearted, was 24 years old when she accepted Berg's offer of marriage
Lieutenant Alphonse Karlitch Berg
-officer in the Semenovsky regiment, promoted to captain, proposed to Vera and accepted, son of and obscure Livonian gentlemen
Marya Ivanovna Dolohov
-mother of Dolohov
Dolohov
-an officer of the Semenov regiment, a notorious gambler and duelist, curly hair, blue eyes, 25 years old, has small means and no connections, degraded to the rank of a common soldier for the "swimming bear/police officer" incident, leader of the fast set in Petersburg, promoted to officer, loves and worships his mohter and hunchbacked sister, loves Sonya, proposed to her and was refused, jealous of Nikolay
Madame Marya Lvovna Karagin
Julie Karagin
-Madame Karagin's daughter, friends with Marya Bolkonsky, left and wealthy heiress by the deaths of her brothers, married Boris
Lorrain
-handsome, black-haired, celebrated doctor, Count Kirill Vladimirovitch Bezuhov's doctor
Mihail Ilarionovitch Kutuzov
-commander-in-chief
Captain Vaska Denisov
-commander of squadron in which Ensign Nikolay served, drinker, gambler, proposed to Natasha and was refused, got in trouble for stealing food for his men
Lavrushka
-Denisov's valet, known as a rogue
Lieutenant Telyanin
-in the same squadron as Nikolay Rostov, accused of stealing Denisov's money by Rostov
Captin Tushin
-artilleryman
Marya Dmitryevna Ahrosimov
-renown for her mental directness and her open unconventional behavior, 50 years old, foiled plot, loves Natasha
Pyort Nikolaitch Shinshin
-cousin of Countess rostov, famous for his biting wit, civilian, thin, past middle age
Prince Nesvitsky
-tall staff-officer, shared room with Prince Andrey
Captain Proho Ignatitch Timohin
-got in trouble over Dolohov wearing a blue overcoat
Zherkov
-cornet of hussars, belonged to the fast set in Petersburg, humorous, ordered to deliver retreat orders by Bagartion to the commander of the left flank, but was too afraid to deliver
Mack
-tall man, Austrian general, in the order of Maria Theresa, in charge of a humiliating retreat
Straunch
-Austrian general, in charge of provisioning the Russian army, member of the Hofkriegsrath
Karl Bogdanitch Schubert
-colonel of the Pavlograd regiment
Schmidt
-Austrian general, had been attended by Prince Andrey when killed in battle
Biblin
-a Russian acquaintance of Prince Andrey, in the diplomatic services, 35 years old, bachelor, witty
Prince Bagration
-cut accross land to hold French troops from Vienna
Tsar Alexander Pavlovitch
-handsome, young, loved and respected by his subjects
Osip Alexyevitch
-one of the most well-known free-masons and Martinists, pious, gives advice to Pierre, dies
Brotherhood of Freemasons
-members include:
Osip Alexyevitch,
Villarsky,
Smolyaninov,
Abbe Morio,
chief aim is the preservation and handing down to posterity of a certain important mystery, second aim is purifying and regenerating it's members, third aim is to improve the whole human race, a religious cult
seven virtues in which every freeman must train himself:
(1)discretion, the keeping of the secrets of the order
(2)obedience to the higher authorities of the order
(3)morality
(4)love of mankind
(5)courage
(6)liberality
(7)love of death
Sperasky
-secretary of state, the Tsar's confidential adviser, Prince Andrey's friend
"Uncle" Rostov
-a distant relation of the Rostov, loves hunting, has a dog named Rugay, good natured, lives in small, plain house, respected man
Anisya Fyodorovna
-cook and housekeeper of Uncle Rostov
Balashov
-Russian general, is commnaded by the Tsar to give Napolean a message
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