The ever irresponsible, unprincipled Anatole hopes to make love to Natásha.
Summary:
Anatole’s father Vasíli, no longer willing to pay his son’s debts, sent Anatole to Moscow to find a wealthy wife. But Anatole had actually married someone two years earlier. He then abandoned this wife. At this point, Anatole believes he ought to be able to continue living a dissipated bachelor life forever, as if this was his birthright. In Moscow, Anatole has become a protege of Dólokhov. Dólokhov uses Anatole as a bait to draw rich young men into his gambling set. Anatole tells Dólokhov of his desire to make love to Natásha. Dólokhov tells Anatole its risky and to take care, but the feckless Anatole isn’t at all interested in Dólokhov’s advice. As always, he wants to live only for himself.
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Natásha had made a strong impression on Kurágin. At supper after the opera he described to Dólokhov with the air of a connoisseur the attractions of her arms, shoulders, feet, and hair and expressed his intention of making love to her. Anatole had no notion and was incapable of considering what might come of such love-making, as he never had any notion of the outcome of any of his actions.
She’s first-rate, my dear fellow, but not for us, replied Dólokhov.
I will tell my sister to ask her to dinner, said Anatole. Eh?
You’d better wait till she’s married….
You know, I adore little girls, they lose their heads at once, pursued Anatole.
You have been caught once already by a ‘little girl,’ said Dólokhov who knew of Kurágin’s marriage. Take care!
Book 8, Chapter 11
The ever irresponsible, unprincipled Anatole hopes to make love to Natásha.
Summary:
Anatole’s father Vasíli, no longer willing to pay his son’s debts, sent Anatole to Moscow to find a wealthy wife. But Anatole had actually married someone two years earlier. He then abandoned this wife. At this point, Anatole believes he ought to be able to continue living a dissipated bachelor life forever, as if this was his birthright. In Moscow, Anatole has become a protege of Dólokhov. Dólokhov uses Anatole as a bait to draw rich young men into his gambling set. Anatole tells Dólokhov of his desire to make love to Natásha. Dólokhov tells Anatole its risky and to take care, but the feckless Anatole isn’t at all interested in Dólokhov’s advice. As always, he wants to live only for himself.
quote from the chapter:
Natásha had made a strong impression on Kurágin. At supper after the opera he described to Dólokhov with the air of a connoisseur the attractions of her arms, shoulders, feet, and hair and expressed his intention of making love to her. Anatole had no notion and was incapable of considering what might come of such love-making, as he never had any notion of the outcome of any of his actions.
She’s first-rate, my dear fellow, but not for us, replied Dólokhov.
I will tell my sister to ask her to dinner, said Anatole. Eh?
You’d better wait till she’s married….
You know, I adore little girls, they lose their heads at once, pursued Anatole.
You have been caught once already by a ‘little girl,’ said Dólokhov who knew of Kurágin’s marriage. Take care!
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