The Tolstoy Library

In which young Nicholas Rostóv waits with eager anticipation to witness the thrilling pursuit of an old wolf by borzois and hounds, experiencing in his heart the tempest of hope and despair that accom...

31 Jul 10min

In which young Nicholas returns home burdened by the responsibility of managing his mother's finances and, in a fit of indignation, confronts the steward Mítenka with fierce reproach before abruptly t...

30 Jul 5min

In which Princess Mary receives a heartfelt letter from Prince Andrew announcing his engagement, prompting a fraught response from their father and stirring deep reflections within her on the fleeting...

30 Jul 8min

In which young Nicholas Rostóv reluctantly leaves his carefree military life to return to his family estate, unsettled by the disorder at home and the complicated ties that await him there. As he reco...

30 Jul 11min

In which Prince Andrew seeks his father's reluctant consent for his marriage, and Natásha, grappling with absence and uncertainty, slowly regains her composure and embraces the weight of her new engag...

29 Jul 15min

In which the sombre and tender life at Bald Hills reveals the steady decline of Prince Nicholas’s health and temper, testing the patience and Christian charity of Princess Mary, whose faith becomes he...

29 Jul 9min

In which the delicate unfolding of Natásha and Prince Andrew’s engagement is marked not by ceremony but by a new and sincere intimacy, as their families grow accustomed to the presence of this quiet y...

29 Jul 7min

In which the punctilious Colonel Berg and his wife, Véra, prepare with great satisfaction to host a small but select evening party, evidencing their mutual sense of social ambition and the subtle cont...

28 Jul 7min