![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pierre is ensnared by the fortune-hunting Hélène Kuragina, whose eventual deception leaves him depressed and confused, spurring a spiritual odyssey that spans the novel.Īt the opening of the novel, Pierre is a young man who has recently returned to Russia to seek a career after completing his education abroad. His unexpected inheritance of a large fortune makes him socially desirable. He is educated in France and returns to Russia as a misfit. Pierre is described as the large-bodied, ungainly, and socially awkward illegitimate son of an old Russian grandee. Tolstoy based Pierre, more than any other War and Peace character, on himself. Pierre is best friends with Andrei Bolkonsky. He is the favourite out of several illegitimate sons of the wealthy nobleman Count Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhov, one of the richest people in the Russian Empire. Count Pyotr " Pierre" Kirillovich Bezukhov ( / b ɛ. ![]()
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