Volume I, Part 1, Chapter 23
First glimpse of the old prince's iron routine at Bald Hills.
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From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The tyrannical, brilliant retired general at Bald Hills represents the old Catherine-era aristocracy, whose rigid order is shattered by the French invasion.
Volume III, Part 2, Chapter 8
His death as the French approach — the collapse of the old order.
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