War and Peace Volume . 1-2.cCount Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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Author: Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Number of Pages: 308 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781232070771
Download Link: War and Peace Volume . 1-2
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...which, according to the club custom, he had left in care of the Swiss. He was dressed not in his lamb-skin cap with his whip over his shoulder, as Rostof had seen him the night before the.battle of Austerlitz, but in a new and tight-fitting uniform, with Russian and foreign orders, and with the star of the George on his left breast. He had evidently just had his hair and whiskers trimmed, and this did not change his appearance for the better. His face had a naively festive look, which, being inappropriate to his firm, manly features, gave him 'a rather comical expression. Bekleshof and Feodor Petrovitch Uvarof, who came together with him, paused at the doorway, waiting for him as the guest of honor, to precede them. Bagration was confused, not wishing to take advantage of their politeness; there was a little pause at the entrance, and finally Bagration, after all, came forward. He walked across the inlaid floor of the reception-room awkwardly and bashfully, not knowing what to do with his hands: it would have been much more to his mind, and much easier for him, to cross a ploughed field under a rain of bullets, as, for instance, he had done when leading the Kursk regiment at the battle of Schongraben. Y The older gentlemen met him at the door, said a few words expressive of their delight at seeing such an illustrious guest, and without waiting for his reply, seized him, as it were, and dragged him off into the drawing-room. Around the doors of the drawing-room there was such a crowd that it was impossible to pass. Members and guests crushed each other, and tried to look over each others'-shoulders for a glance at Bagration, as though he were some wild beast.. Count Ilya Andreyitch, laughing and talking' more energetically than all the rest, push...
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