War and Peace · Character
The French soldier in the frieze gown
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 262
He is a strange, ungainly sight: long and stooped, with fair hair, a slow manner, and a vacant expression. A loose woman’s gown hangs over blue trousers and battered boots, making his presence feel both absurd and unsettling.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 262
- Books
- 1
This French soldier is encountered in Moscow wearing a woman’s loose frieze gown over blue trousers and torn Hessian boots. Long, lank, and round-shouldered, he moves slowly with an idiotic expression, a grotesque contrast to the violence around him. His appearance is memorable, but the novel gives him no wider personal story.
Description
He is long and lank, with rounded shoulders and fair hair. His slow movements and vacant, idiotic-looking expression make his face seem slack and unresponsive. A loose woman’s gown of frieze hangs over blue trousers, while large, torn Hessian boots complete his disheveled, incongruous outfit. His stooping posture gives him an awkward, heavy presence.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
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