Footnotes and Tangents

Footnotes and Tangents

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Zherkov

A hussar cornet

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Simon Haisell
Jan 17, 2024
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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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