![]() ![]() ![]() He is plagued with doubts for the whole evening, but under implicit pressure from both Hélène’s parents and the guests, Pierre finally proposes to her in a private moment. Pierre attends Hélène’s name-day party, where the other guests expect him to propose to her. However, Pierre cannot overcome his physical attraction to the young woman. Pierre doesn’t like this idea – he thinks Hélène is vacuous, he doesn’t want to be bound to Prince Vassily’s family, and there are disturbing rumors about an incestuous relationship between Hélène and her brother Anatole. Anna Pavlovna Scherer encourages Pierre to pursue Vassily’s beautiful daughter, Princess Hélène Kuragin. Although diplomacy doesn’t interest him, the hapless Pierre accepts the job and moves back to Petersburg, where he will live with Prince Vassily until his own house is redecorated. Prince Vassily volunteers to manage Pierre’s affairs, and gets the younger man a diplomatic job in St. Part 3 moves away from the battlefield and back to mainland Russia.Īfter Pierre Bezukhov receives his inheritance, everyone fawns over him. ![]()
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