War and Peace
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Volume 1, Part 1: Chapters 1–4 Volume 1, Part 1: Chapters 5–6 Volume 1, Part 1: Chapters 7–11 Volume 1, Part 1: Chapters 12–13 Volume 1, Part 1: Chapters 14–17 Volume 1, Part 1: Chapters 18–21 Volume 1, Part 1: Chapter 22 Volume 1, Part 1: Chapters 23–25 Volume 1, Part 2: Chapters 1–3 Volume 1, Part 2: Chapters 4–8 Volume 1, Part 2: Chapters 9–12 Volume 1, Part 2: Chapters 13–20 Volume 1, Part 2: Chapter 21 Volume 1, Part 3: Chapters 1–5 Volume 1, Part 3: Chapters 6–9 Volume 1, Part 3: Chapters 10–13 Volume 1, Part 3: Chapters 14–19 Volume 2, Part 1: Chapters 1–6 Volume 2, Part 1: Chapters 7–9 Volume 2, Part 1: Chapters 10–16 Volume 2, Part 2: Chapters 1–4 Volume 2, Part 2: Chapters 5–9 Volume 2, Part 2: Chapters 10–14 Volume 2, Part 2: Chapters 15–18 Volume 2, Part 2: Chapters 19–21 Volume 2, Part 3: Chapters 1–6 Volume 2, Part 3: Chapters 7–10 Volume 2, Part 3: Chapters 11–17 Volume 2, Part 3: Chapters 18–22 Volume 2, Part 3: Chapters 23–26 Volume 2, Part 4: Chapters 1–6 Volume 2, Part 4: Chapters 7–13 Volume 2, Part 5: Chapters 1–4 Volume 2, Part 5: Chapters 5–10 Volume 2, Part 5: Chapters 11–13 Volume 2, Part 5: Chapters 14–17 Volume 2, Part 5: Chapters 18–22 Volume 3, Part 1: Chapters 1–7 Volume 3, Part 1: Chapters 8–11 Volume 3, Part 1: Chapters 12–15 Volume 3, Part 1: Chapters 16–18 Volume 3, Part 1: Chapters 19–23 Volume 3, Part 2: Chapters 1–5 Volume 3, Part 2: Chapters 6–12 Volume 3, Part 2: Chapters 13–14 Volume 3, Part 2: Chapters 15–18 Volume 3, Part 2: Chapters 19–23 Volume 3, Part 2: Chapters 24–25 Volume 3, Part 2: Chapters 26–29 Volume 3, Part 2: Chapters 30–35 Volume 3, Part 2: Chapters 36–39 Volume 3, Part 3: Chapters 1–4 Volume 3, Part 3: Chapters 5–9 Volume 3, Part 3: Chapters 10–14 Volume 3, Part 3: Chapters 15–17 Volume 3, Part 3: Chapters 18–22 Volume 3, Part 3: Chapters 23–26 Volume 3, Part 3: Chapters 27–29 Volume 3, Part 3: Chapters 30–32 Volume 3, Part 3: Chapters 33–34 Volume 4, Part 1: Chapters 1–3 Volume 4, Part 1: Chapters 4–8 Volume 4, Part 1: Chapters 9–13 Volume 4, Part 1: Chapters 14–16 Volume 4, Part 2: Chapters 1–3 Volume 4, Part 2: Chapters 4–7 Volume 4, Part 2: Chapters 8–14 Volume 4, Part 2: Chapters 15–19 Volume 4, Part 3: Chapters 1–4 Volume 4, Part 3: Chapters 5–11 Volume 4, Part 3: Chapters 12–15 Volume 4, Part 3: Chapters 16–19 Volume 4, Part 4: Chapters 1–3 Volume 4, Part 4: Chapters 4–9 Volume 4, Part 4: Chapters 10–11 Volume 4, Part 4: Chapters 12–14 Volume 4, Part 4: Chapters 15–20 Epilogue, Part 1: Chapters 1–4 Epilogue, Part 1: Chapters 5–7 Epilogue, Part 1: Chapters 8–16 Epilogue, Part 2: Chapters 1–5 Epilogue, Part 2: Chapters 6–12 Appendix: A Few Words Apropos of the Book War and Peace
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All Themes Society and Wealth European Culture vs. The Russian Soul Love, Marriage, and Family War and Peace Happiness and the Meaning of Life Theory of History
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War and Peace

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Leo Tolstoy
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Platon Karataev Character Analysis

Platon is a fellow prisoner whom Pierre meets while in French custody. He is a gentle, wise peasant who reassures Pierre and seems to be “the embodiment of everything Russian.” He is full of homespun sayings and stories. On the march, he travels with a bowlegged dog named Gray and, after weakening from a fever, gets shot as a straggler. Pierre sees Platon as the embodiment of someone who loves life despite suffering guiltlessly.

Platon Karataev Quotes in War and Peace

The War and Peace quotes below are all either spoken by Platon Karataev or refer to Platon Karataev. 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 4, Part 1: Chapters 9–13 Quotes

Karataev had no attachments, friendships, or love, as Pierre understood them; but he loved and lived lovingly with everything that life brought his way, especially other people— not any specific people, but those who were there before his eyes. He loved his mutt, his comrades, the French, he loved Pierre, who was his neighbor; but Pierre sensed that, despite all his gentle tenderness towards him […] Karataev would not have been upset for a moment to be parted from him. And Pierre was beginning to experience the same feeling towards Karataev. […]

But for Pierre he remained forever as he had seen him the first night, the unfathomable, round, and eternal embodiment of the spirit of simplicity and truth.

Related Characters: Pierre Bezukhov, Platon Karataev
Page Number: 974
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Platon Karataev Quotes in War and Peace

The War and Peace quotes below are all either spoken by Platon Karataev or refer to Platon Karataev. 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 4, Part 1: Chapters 9–13 Quotes

Karataev had no attachments, friendships, or love, as Pierre understood them; but he loved and lived lovingly with everything that life brought his way, especially other people— not any specific people, but those who were there before his eyes. He loved his mutt, his comrades, the French, he loved Pierre, who was his neighbor; but Pierre sensed that, despite all his gentle tenderness towards him […] Karataev would not have been upset for a moment to be parted from him. And Pierre was beginning to experience the same feeling towards Karataev. […]

But for Pierre he remained forever as he had seen him the first night, the unfathomable, round, and eternal embodiment of the spirit of simplicity and truth.

Related Characters: Pierre Bezukhov, Platon Karataev
Page Number: 974
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