Mademoiselle Bourienne
Marya Bolkonskaya's companion
BOOK ONE
Part One
Chapter 22
Marya’s companion at Ball Hills. This French lady warns Marya of her father’s ill temper. Marya reproves her, saying she doesn’t want anyone to “judge” her father in this way.
Chapter 23
Marya’s French companion is seemingly always there and always smiling. Or crying, if the moment requires it.
Chapter 24
The old prince tells her that Andrei is another fan of Napoleon. The French lady insists she is not a Bonapartist.
Chapter 25
When Andrei leaves Bald Hills, we learn that he does not like Mademoiselle Bourienne, but that his father does. And Marya tells us that the Bolkonskys took her in as an orphan; she is very nice and kind and reads to Nikolai in the evenings.
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