Volume II, Part 4, Chapter 7
Natasha's folk dance at Uncle's — she somehow knows the gestures despite her French education.
Read in Books4Free →Theme: Authentic Russian vs. Artificial French Life
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The novel opposes the artificial, French-speaking salon world to genuine Russian feeling found in peasants, hunting, folk dance, and Orthodox faith.
Volume I, Part 1, Chapter 1
The French-spouting salon opens the novel as the artificial pole the narrative will critique.
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