The Tolstoy Library

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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 7min

In which Pierre observes with keen interest the subtle and shifting emotions among the company at a genteel evening gathering, particularly noting the transformation in Natásha’s demeanour as Prince A...

28 Juli 7min

In which the tender stirrings of young love gently unfold within the Rostóv household, marking a day filled with shy encounters and heartfelt confidences that evoke the uncertain promise of fate. Mean...

28 Juli 9min