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So far:
Book I, Ch. VI – okaaaaayyyy, yeah, I think there’s some sibling incest being implied there….
Ch. IX – PIERRE YOU CRAZY GUY WHAT ARE YOU DOING YEAH WRESTLE A BEAR AT LEAST IT’S SAFER THAN DRINKING RUM WHILE HANGING UPSIDE-DOWN OUT A WINDOW
Ch XII — I… I’m going to need a spreadsheet to track all these characters, aren’t I?
CH XVI -- “The story told about him at Count Rostov’s was true. Pierre had taken part in tying a policeman to a bear.”
Also, I want to lock Anna Mikhaylovna and Miss Clack from The Moonstone in a room together and run far, far away.
Book II OH LOOK WE’VE FINALLY GOT TO THE “WAR” PART.
CH I -- Nineteenth century warfare is…. weird.
CH XX -- OK, Captain Tushin is *badass*:
"Amid the smoke, deafened by the incessant reports which always made him jump, Tushin not taking his pipe from his mouth ran from gun to gun, now aiming, now counting the charges, now giving orders about replacing dead or wounded horses and harnessing fresh ones, and shouting in his feeble voice, so high pitched and irresolute. His face grew more and more animated. Only when a man was killed or wounded did he frown and turn away from the sight, shouting angrily at the men who, as is always the case, hesitated about lifting the injured or dead. The soldiers, for the most part handsome fellows and, as is always the case in an artillery company, a head and shoulders taller and twice as broad as their officer--all looked at their commander like children in an embarrassing situation, and the expression on his face was invariably reflected on theirs."
Book 3
CH I -- Prince Vasili: Hm, Pierre is super-rich now. Gonna get him to marry my daughter.
Me, and the sensible part of Pierre’s brain: PIERRE NO
CH VI -- It’s occurred to me just now that Pierre is more like the *heroine* of a 19th-century novel, in that he’s incredibly aware of, yet vulnerable to, social pressure; possibly because he grew up as the illegitimate son of a wealthy man, with no guarantee of inheriting anything, but at the same time without being able to train for a middle-class existence without scandalizing everybody.
Also, he pretty much feels like he *has* to marry Helene because he once had a sexual thought about her and now he feels like he doesn’t have the right to say no.
CH V -- YAY! Princess Marya just turned down Prince Anatole, which was absolutely the most sensible thing she could have done, and I’m cheering for her (even if she doesn’t realize what a jerk he is and thinks she’s nobly giving him up so Mlle. Bourienne can have him).
Book I, Ch. VI – okaaaaayyyy, yeah, I think there’s some sibling incest being implied there….
Ch. IX – PIERRE YOU CRAZY GUY WHAT ARE YOU DOING YEAH WRESTLE A BEAR AT LEAST IT’S SAFER THAN DRINKING RUM WHILE HANGING UPSIDE-DOWN OUT A WINDOW
Ch XII — I… I’m going to need a spreadsheet to track all these characters, aren’t I?
CH XVI -- “The story told about him at Count Rostov’s was true. Pierre had taken part in tying a policeman to a bear.”
Also, I want to lock Anna Mikhaylovna and Miss Clack from The Moonstone in a room together and run far, far away.
Ch XXVI --“About Mikhelson’s army I understand–Tolstoy’s too… a simultaneous expedition….“ I SAW WHAT YOU DID THERE COUNT
CH Whatever -- Does the Orthodox Church have convents? Because Princess Mary seriously needs to be in one, communing spiritually with some like-minded women, and does not need to be married off to some random guy so she can reform him. I’m already sure that’s not going to work out.Book II OH LOOK WE’VE FINALLY GOT TO THE “WAR” PART.
CH I -- Nineteenth century warfare is…. weird.
CH XX -- OK, Captain Tushin is *badass*:
"Amid the smoke, deafened by the incessant reports which always made him jump, Tushin not taking his pipe from his mouth ran from gun to gun, now aiming, now counting the charges, now giving orders about replacing dead or wounded horses and harnessing fresh ones, and shouting in his feeble voice, so high pitched and irresolute. His face grew more and more animated. Only when a man was killed or wounded did he frown and turn away from the sight, shouting angrily at the men who, as is always the case, hesitated about lifting the injured or dead. The soldiers, for the most part handsome fellows and, as is always the case in an artillery company, a head and shoulders taller and twice as broad as their officer--all looked at their commander like children in an embarrassing situation, and the expression on his face was invariably reflected on theirs."
Book 3
CH I -- Prince Vasili: Hm, Pierre is super-rich now. Gonna get him to marry my daughter.
Me, and the sensible part of Pierre’s brain: PIERRE NO
CH VI -- It’s occurred to me just now that Pierre is more like the *heroine* of a 19th-century novel, in that he’s incredibly aware of, yet vulnerable to, social pressure; possibly because he grew up as the illegitimate son of a wealthy man, with no guarantee of inheriting anything, but at the same time without being able to train for a middle-class existence without scandalizing everybody.
Also, he pretty much feels like he *has* to marry Helene because he once had a sexual thought about her and now he feels like he doesn’t have the right to say no.
CH V -- YAY! Princess Marya just turned down Prince Anatole, which was absolutely the most sensible thing she could have done, and I’m cheering for her (even if she doesn’t realize what a jerk he is and thinks she’s nobly giving him up so Mlle. Bourienne can have him).
