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Chapter 1

           Butperhapsallthesecomradesofminestruggledjustlikemeandsoughtsomethingnew,apathinlifeoftheirown,andlikemewerebroughtbyforceofcircumstances,society,andrace—bythatelementalforceagainstwhichmanispowerless—totheconditionIamin,”saidhetohimselfinmomentsofhumility;andafterlivingsometimeinMoscowhenolongerdespised,butbegantogrowfondof,torespect,andtopityhiscomradesindestiny,ashepitiedhimself.

           Pierrenolongersufferedmomentsofdespair,hypochondria,anddisgustwithlife,butthemaladythathadformerlyfoundexpressioninsuchacuteattackswasdriveninwardsandneverlefthimforamoment.“Whatfor?Why?Whatisgoingonintheworld?”hewouldaskhimselfinperplexityseveraltimesaday,involuntarilybeginningtoreflectanewonthemeaningofthephenomenaoflife;butknowingbyexperiencethattherewerenoanswerstothesequestionshemadehastetoturnawayfromthem,andtookupabook,orhurriedofftotheclubortoApollónNikoláevich’s,toexchangethegossipofthetown.

           “Hélène,whohasnevercaredforanythingbutherownbodyandisoneofthestupidestwomenintheworld,”thoughtPierre,“isregardedbypeopleastheacmeofintelligenceandrefinement,andtheypayhomagetoher.NapoleonBonapartewasdespisedbyallaslongashewasgreat,butnowthathehasbecomeawretchedcomediantheEmperorFranciswantstoofferhimhisdaughterinanillegalmarriage.

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