The novel opens with the scene of a party in Anna Pavlovna's house where Prince Vasily, Prince Andrei, Pierre and other influential men are present. Prince Vasily is concerned about his elder son who is a philanderer. Anna Pavlovna promises to help by fixing a match for the boy with Princess Marya Bolkonsky. Anna Mikhailovna requests Prince Vasily to fix a commission
for her son in the army. Ellen arrives to accompany her father to the home of the ambassador.
As Andrei prepares for his visit to his father before joining his regiment, his pregnant wife persuades him to stay back. Pierre lea…
