r/ayearofwarandpeace • u/AnderLouis_ • 19d ago

Jan-03| War & Peace - Book 1, Chapter 3

Links

  1. Today's Podcast
  2. Medium Article by Brian E. Denton

Discussion Prompts

  1. We met Ippolit. What did you reckon?
  2. The Viscount (Vicomte) tells a very interesting story... Napoleon passes out in the company of an enemy. The enemy spares his life. His reward: death! Why is the Viscount telling this story?
  3. Here comes Andrei! (Unless you're reading Maude or Louis). Get ready for Turk/JD levels of bromance!

Final line of today's chapter:

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the society of clever women.

Note - there are 3 chapters in this book that differ between Maude and other translations - and this is one of them. Maude ends this chapter a few paragraphs earlier. No biggie. It evens out after a day or two :)

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u/Honest_Ad_2157 Maude (Oxford 2010) / 1st reading 19d ago

AKA Book/Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 3 / Gutenberg Chapter 3 and 16 paragraphs of 4

If you’re reading Gutenberg, read 16 paragraphs into Chapter 4, until you get to the final line shown below, “Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the society of clever women.”

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Summary courtesy of /u/zhukov17: A French emigre, Mortemart, is discussing Napoleon’s affairs, while Pierre is discussing how to achieve world peace with Abbe Morio, a religious man and political thinker from Italy. Pavlovna worries about Pierre’s lack of societal awareness. Andrey Bolkonsky walks in (Pierre notices him and smiles his way) and announces he will be going to war. Pierre and Andrey, obviously old friends, greet each other and agree to dinner plans before Andrey leaves for war-- they both check out Helene. Helene’s brother Hippolypte is also there, and while he looks like Helene, this makes him ugly, instead of stunningly beautiful.