War and Peace · Character
the old count
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 116
His blue swallow-tail coat and meticulously pomaded hair give him the air of a man who takes ceremony seriously. Perfume lingers around his carefully assembled appearance, making even his brief presence feel formal.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- elderly
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 116
- Books
- 1
The old count is glimpsed in a blue swallow-tail coat, shoes, and stockings, carefully perfumed and with his hair pomaded. At another moment he calls from behind a door, his formal attire still marking him as a figure of a more ceremonious world. Beyond these passing appearances, the novel gives him no developed personal arc.
Description
He is elderly and wears a blue swallow-tail coat with shoes and stockings. His hair is pomaded, and he wears perfume, suggesting careful attention to his presentation. The text gives no details of his face, hair color, eyes, complexion, or build.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
Appearances
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