War and Peace · Character
Katie
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 51
Katie seems caught between sleep and laughter, rumpled from her work and still carrying a flicker of amusement. She has the fleeting, familiar charm of a household presence seen in the middle of an ordinary morning, before the day has fully gathered around her.
- Gender
- female
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 51
- Books
- 1
Katie appears as a maid in Princess Mary’s household, sleepy and disheveled as she brings the required dress and works at a heavy feather bed, laughing at something unseen. She is later identified as the youngest daughter left behind in a burning house, where she dies. The brief contrast between her lively domestic presence and her final fate makes her one of the novel’s starkest glimpses of civilian suffering.
Description
Katie is a young female maid, described as sleepy and disheveled. Her appearance is rumpled and unpolished, with the tired looseness of someone in the midst of household work; the text does not specify her hair, eyes, complexion, or build. Her clothing is modest and practical for a maid, though no particular color or style is given. A hint of laughter gives her otherwise drowsy presence a spark of warmth.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
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