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' Oh, what a wonderful man he is! And then there’s my father. Father! Father! Yes, I’m going to do something even he would have been pleased with.’ '

Those are the final words of the first epilogue, the end of the story, and the effective end of the book, as the second epilogue is filled with Tolstoy's thoughts and ideas about the world.

My journey through' War and Peace' is over.

Chapter 329: 'Everything about her – her face, her walk, her eyes, her voice – was suddenly changed. Much to her own surprise, a new vitality and hopes of happiness had burst forth and demanded satisfaction.'

Chapter 328: 'Pierre would often recall this period of mindless bliss. Any judgments of people and circumstances made by him at this time remained forever true. Far from going back on his assessment of men and things, if ever he was assailed later on by doubts or contradictory feelings he would simply go back to the view he had held during his period of madness, and inevitably that view never let him down.'.

Chapter 327: ' ‘Goodbye, Count,’ she said to him in a loud voice, though she added in a whisper, ‘I shall look forward so much to seeing you again.’ '

Chapter 326: 'Supper was nearly over, and Pierre, who had begun by refusing to talk about his time in captivity, found himself gradually drawn into telling them all about it.'

Chapter 325: 'To speak of that agonizing and joyous time was obviously something Natasha urgently needed to do. On she went, mixing up trivial details with the innermost secrets of her heart, and it seemed as if she would never finish. Several times she said the same thing twice.'

Chapter 324: 'Pierre was suddenly overwhelmed by a heady sensation of happiness long forgotten, something that couldn’t have been further from his mind at this time. His head swam as the feeling swept over him and enveloped his whole being. That smile of hers had left him in no doubt.'

Chapter 323: 'The longer the French looting continued the more completely it consumed the wealth of Moscow and the energies of the looters. The longer the Russian looting continued, as they began the reoccupation of the city, and the more looters there were, the more rapidly were the wealth of Moscow and normal city life restored.'

Chapter 322: 'His cousin, the princess, who had never liked Pierre ... had come over to Oryol with every intention of making it clear that she had felt duty-bound to ignore his ingratitude and look after him, but it wasn’t long before she found herself, much to her own surprise and irritation, getting rather fond of him.'

Chapter 321:'He was surprised to find this inner freedom, which did not depend on external circumstances, now transformed into outward freedom seemingly decked out with luxury and excess. He was alone in a strange town, without acquaintances. No one made any demands on him; no one sent him anywhere. He had everything he wanted ...'