| Hint | Character |
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| The large-bodied, ungainly, and socially awkward illegitimate son of an old Russian grandee. | |
| A strong but cynical, thoughtful and philosophical aide-de-camp in the Napoleonic Wars. | |
| A pious woman whose eccentric father attempted to give her a good education. | |
| The pater-familias of the Rostov family; terrible with finances, generous to a fault. | |
| Mother of the four Rostov children. | |
| A central character, introduced as 'not pretty but full of life' and a romantic young girl, she evolves through trials and suffering and eventually finds happiness. | |
| A hussar, the beloved eldest son of the Rostov family. | |
| Orphaned cousin of the Rostov children. | |
| Eldest of the Rostov children. | |
| Youngest of the Rostov children. | |
| A ruthless man who is determined to marry his children well, despite having doubts about the character of some of them. | |
| A beautiful and sexually alluring woman who has many affairs, including (it is rumoured) with her brother. | |
| A very handsome and amoral pleasure seeker. | |
| The eldest and perhaps most dim-witted of the Kuragin children. | |
| | Hint | Character |
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| A poor but aristocratic young man driven by ambition, even at the expense of his friends and benefactors. | |
| Mother of above. | |
| A cold, almost psychopathic officer. | |
| A young Russian officer, who desires to be just like everyone else. | |
| Also known as Annette, she is the hostess of the salon that is the site of much of the novel's action in Petersburg. | |
| An older Moscow society lady, she is an elegant dancer and trend-setter, despite her age and size. | |
| A French woman who lives with the Bolkonskys. | |
| Nikolai Rostov's friend and brother officer. | |
| The archetypal good Russian peasant, whom the first listed character meets in the prisoner of war camp. | |
| Russian commander-in-chief throughout the book. His diligence and modesty eventually save Russia from Napoleon. | |
| the Great Man, whose fate is detailed in the book. | |
| He signed a peace treaty with above in 1807 and then went to war with him. | |
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