BOOK ONE
Book One, Part Two
Chapter 2
A hussar cornet attached to Kutuzov’s staff. He was once in Petersburg’s wild set with Dolokhov and clearly considers himself the court jester. He does impressions of people behind their backs and invites Dolokhov to a night of gambling. Dolokhov clearly keeps his distance, as right now, he wants to be respectable, and Zherkov isn’t that.
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