Though we’ve encountered Natasha here and there throughout the book, she hasn’t yet played a starring role. Until this last week. The big event, of course, is her first ball. These chapters really highlighted not only Natasha the character, but Tolstoy’s tremendous abilities as a writer. He’s putting us right there in that ballroom and getting us to be …
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