Epilogue, Part 1, Chapter 10
The much-debated portrait of Natasha as a thickened, careless matron absorbed in nursing and nappies — Tolstoy's vision of fulfillment or its critique?
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From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy contrasts romantic infatuation with the deeper, often unglamorous love found in family life — culminating in the controversial domesticated Natasha of the Epilogue.
Volume II, Part 3, Chapter 19
Andrei's proposal to Natasha — romantic love at its peak before the year's wait destroys it.
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