War and Peace · primary
Colonel Berg
fictional · male
A colonel who is acquainted with Pierre and is hosting a party.
Appearances
- First: Book SIX · Chapter XX · ¶ 1
- Latest: Book SIX · Chapter XX · ¶ 17
Relationships
Friendship · Countess Hélène Bezúkhova
“I have just been to see the countess, your wife.”
Marriage · Countess Véra
“Berg rose and embraced his wife carefully, so as not to crush her lace fichu.”
Quotations
“Colonel Berg, whom Pierre knew as he knew everybody in Moscow and Petersburg”
“I wish to arrange just a small party for my own and my wife’s friends”
“Berg explained so clearly why he wanted to collect at his house a small but select company”
“Berg, closely buttoned up in his new uniform, sat beside his wife”
“Just then Count Bezúkhov was announced. Husband and wife glanced at one another, both smiling with self-satisfaction”