War and Peace · Character
Mary Nikoláevna
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 261
She has the worn, exposed look of someone whose grief has nowhere left to hide. Beneath the black cap and cloak, her trembling presence is painfully vivid, marked by a face the world has not treated gently.
- Gender
- female
- Age
- middle-aged
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 261
- Books
- 1
Mary Nikoláevna appears as a peasant woman caught in a moment of raw grief, her sobs shaking her thin frame. Pockmarked and no longer young, she wears a black cloak and cap, and her long upper teeth give her face a striking, unmistakable cast. She moves forward with a little girl nearby, a small human presence amid the larger distress around her.
Description
She is thin and middle-aged, with a pockmarked face and long, prominent upper teeth that show plainly when her mouth opens. A close-fitting cap frames her features, and a black cloak hangs heavily over her narrow frame. Her bearing is unsettled and vulnerable, with a swaying, tremulous quality that makes her seem worn down by hardship.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
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