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Works of Leo Tolstoy: Analyses Of Major Characters, Essay Questions

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Tolstoy, Leo

Tolstoy, Leo
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Analyses Of Major Characters, Essay Questions

Analyses Of Major Characters

Pierre:

It is impossible to dislike Pierre. He is intelligent but simple, shy
but intrepid, bumbling in society but infinitely delicate in personal
relations. We know from the beginning that he is different from those around
him: his illegitimate birth, his immense wealth, his great stature, his more
than human strength, his gargantuan appetite, his search for the meaning of
life, his indifference to material things, and even his spectacles and
tendency to plumpness set him apart. His ...

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