Anatole Kuragin
Younger son of Vasili Kuragin
BOOK ONE
Book One, Part One
Chapter 1
Prince Vasili’s foolish son, the bane of his life, the cross he bears. The boy is costing him forty thousand rubles a year. If only he could be married to a rich heiress, like Princess Marya Bolkonskaya.
Chapter 6
And here is why Anatole is costing his father so much. Pierre joins Kuragin’s wild party where Dolokhov is winning a drinking bet with an Englishman. Anatole is a “tall handsome fellow” who helps get Pierre drunk before taking him off to a brothel.
Chapter 7
His father manages to hush up the incident with the bear and the policeman, saving Anatole from any serious punishment. We can imagine how delighted Prince Vasili was the morning after.
Chapter 22
He’s a handsome rascal, according to Julie Karagin. And he may yet be the husband of Marya Bolkonskaya.
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