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Emperor Alexander I
Lise or Liza Bolkonsky is Prince Andrei’s first wife, a young beauty who charms everyone. She is sensitive and quick to tears, and Prince Andrei can be impatient and downright scornful with her. She’s fearful of living in the country with Prince Andrei’s family while he’s away at war. She’s especially intimidated by her father-in-law Prince Nikolai, though she gets along well with her sister-in-law Princess Marya. Liza dies in March, 1806, while giving birth to Nikolushka. Prince Andrei arrives home just in time to watch her die, when he is seemingly ready to devote himself to his marriage and family. Long after Princess Lise dies, he’s tormented by the memory of her innocent suffering.
Princess Lise (Liza) Bolkonsky (“the little princess”) Quotes in War and Peace
The War and Peace quotes below are all either spoken by Princess Lise (Liza) Bolkonsky (“the little princess”) or refer to Princess Lise (Liza) Bolkonsky (“the little princess”). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Volume 2, Part 3: Chapters 1–6
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The old oak, quite transformed, spreading out a canopy of juicy, dark greenery, basked, barely swaying, in the rays of the evening sun. Of the gnarled fingers, the scars, the old grief and mistrust— nothing could be seen. Juicy green leaves without branches broke through the stiff, hundred-year-old bark, and it was impossible to believe that this old fellow had produced them. “Yes, it’s the same oak,” thought Prince Andrei, and suddenly a causeless springtime feeling of joy and renewal came over him. All the best moments of his life suddenly recalled themselves to him at the same time. Austerlitz with the lofty sky, and the dead, reproachful face of his wife, and Pierre on the ferry, and a girl excited by the beauty of the night, and that night itself, and the moon— all of it suddenly recalled itself to him.
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Princess Lise (Liza) Bolkonsky (“the little princess”) Quotes in War and Peace
The War and Peace quotes below are all either spoken by Princess Lise (Liza) Bolkonsky (“the little princess”) or refer to Princess Lise (Liza) Bolkonsky (“the little princess”). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Volume 2, Part 3: Chapters 1–6
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The old oak, quite transformed, spreading out a canopy of juicy, dark greenery, basked, barely swaying, in the rays of the evening sun. Of the gnarled fingers, the scars, the old grief and mistrust— nothing could be seen. Juicy green leaves without branches broke through the stiff, hundred-year-old bark, and it was impossible to believe that this old fellow had produced them. “Yes, it’s the same oak,” thought Prince Andrei, and suddenly a causeless springtime feeling of joy and renewal came over him. All the best moments of his life suddenly recalled themselves to him at the same time. Austerlitz with the lofty sky, and the dead, reproachful face of his wife, and Pierre on the ferry, and a girl excited by the beauty of the night, and that night itself, and the moon— all of it suddenly recalled itself to him.
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