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I think that’s everyone. And get this:
Of the Bolkonsky line, we have Prince Niklolai Andreivich or Andreich, who is the Father of the house. Then Prince Andrei Nikolaevich, the son. Princess Marya Nikolaevna, the daughter. Princess Elizaveta Karlovna, that’s Bolkonskaya I think, the son’s wife. And then we have Prince Niklolai Andreivich, AKA Nikolushka, Nikolenka, Coco, who is who is their son. Confusing, right?

In Chapter II we meet Helene, Prince Vassily's daughter, Viscount Mortemart, the abbe Morio, ma tante (Pavlovna’s aunt), The young and fat Monsieur Pierre and his dying Father Count Bezukhov who’s in Moscow. Prince Andrew Bolkonsky arrives in Chapter IV, friend of Pierre. Princess Drubetskaya, who’s father was a friend of Prince Vasilly’s Father pleads with him for her son’s, Boris, transfer to the Guards.

Got done with the intro. Then Chapter I to Chapter IV, we've so far met, in order of appearance, Anna 'Annette' Pavlovna- the thrower of the soiree, Prince Vaissily - 'my faithful slave', the Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and Princess Lise Bolkonskaya are mentioned, as well as Prince Vassily's progeny, his daughter Helene, and his sons Ippolit and Anatole, the fools. Ippolit is untroublesome, Anatole is troublesome.

Got done with the intro. Then Chapter I to Chapter IV, we've so far met, in order of appearance, Anna 'Annette' Pavlovna- the thrower of the soiree, Prince Vaissily - 'my faithful slave', the Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and Princess Lise Bolkonskaya are mentioned, as well as Prince Vassily's progeny, his daughter Helene, and his sons Ippolit and Anatole, the fools. Ippolit is untroublesome, Anatole is troublesome.

Became a bit of a slog towards the end, but I finally pushed through. It was worth it though, despite its flaws.

Became a bit of a slog toward the end, but I finally pushed through and finished. It was worth it, in spite of its flaws.

Beauty is terrifying and a horrible thing! It’s terrifying because it can’t be defined, and it can’t be defined because God has set nothing but riddles. Here the two banks of the river meet, and here all contradictions exist together.

'Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it's bad luck for the pitcher' - Sancho

'Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it's bas luck for the pitcher' - Sancho Panza

"A hundred times has spirit as well as virtue experimented and gone astray. Yes, man was an experiment. Alas, much ignorance and error has become body in us! Not only the reason of a millennia - the madness of a millennia too breaks out in us. It is dangerous to be an heir."

This book is blowing my mind already.

The Duke and Duchess devise ploys so that Don Quixote can enact his knightly duties. Sancho's got to whip himself three thousand three hundred times to supposedly disenchant Dulcinea, poor bastard.

Better to break the window and leap into the open air.