War and Peace · Character
The barefooted French soldier
Also known as the little barefooted Frenchman
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 262
He has the quick, wiry energy of someone always looking for the next useful thing, dressed in a blue coat held together by a rope and a nightcap that seems better suited to sleep than soldiering. His bare feet give him an oddly vulnerable, almost disarming presence amid the hard edges of war.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 262
- Books
- 1
A minor French soldier glimpsed in the confusion of the invasion, he appears as a nimble little figure in a blue coat tied with rope, nightcap on his head and bare feet on the ground. He is seen pulling the boots from an old Armenian man, a small, stark image of need and wartime indignity. The book gives him no further history or fate.
Description
He is a small, nimble man, slight in build, with bare feet and an air of hurried practicality. A blue coat hangs loosely from his frame, gathered at the waist with a length of rope, while a nightcap sits incongruously on his head. His face, coloring, and eyes are not described; his distinctive silhouette is the makeshift uniform and unshod feet.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
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