War and Peace · primary
Private Dólokhov
fictional · male
A notorious gambler and duelist, known for his intelligence and skills.
Aliases
Dólokhov the brawler · Dólokhov the bully · Dólokhov
Appearances
- First: Book ONE · Chapter IX · ¶ 12
- Latest: Book FOURTEEN · Chapter XV · ¶ 23
Relationships
Social acquaintance · Anatole Kurágin
“Dólokhov was betting with Stevens, an English naval officer, that he would drink a bottle of rum”
Friendship · Zherkóv
“My dear fellow, how are you?”
Friendship · Nicholas Rostov
“Young Rostóv stood at a window with Dólokhov, whose acquaintance he had lately made and highly valued.”
Rival · Pierre Bezukhov
“I challenge you!”
Conflict · Natásha Rostóva
“She almost quarreled with her brother about him.”
Rival · Nicholas Rostov
“Rostóv had not seen him since his proposal and Sónya’s refusal and felt uncomfortable at the thought of how they would meet.”
Rival · Nicholas Rostov
“Oh, it’s terrible to feel oneself so in this man’s power,” thought Rostóv.”
Friendship · Anatole Kurágin
“Anatole was sincerely fond of Dólokhov for his cleverness and audacity.”
“And Anatole sighed and embraced Dólokhov.”
Friendship · Anatole Kurágin
“Dólokhov, who needed Anatole Kurágin’s name, position, and connections as a bait to draw rich young men into his gambling set.”
Social acquaintance · Matrëna Matrévna
“Dólokhov, without answering, took the cloak, threw it over Matrëna, and wrapped her up in it.”
Friendship · Pierre Bezukhov
“I am very glad to meet you here, Count,” he said aloud, regardless of the presence of strangers and in a particularly resolute and solemn tone.”
““I, I... I’ll go with you!” cried Pétya.”
Friendship · Pierre Bezukhov
“I regret the misunderstandings that occurred between us and should wish you not to have any ill feeling for me. I beg you to forgive me.”
Rival · Váska Denísov
“Denísov was out of sorts both because of the rain and also from hunger (none of them had eaten anything since morning), and yet more because he still had no news from Dólokhov...”
Conflict · Váska Denísov
““There’s no need for you to go at all,” said Denísov, addressing Dólokhov, “and as for him, I won’t let him go on any account.””
Friendship · Pétya Rostóv
“Dólokhov, whose face was of a pale-greenish tint, shouting to his men.”
Student · Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov
“I ask an opportunity to atone for my fault and prove my devotion to His Majesty the Emperor and to Russia!”
Military command · Nicholas Rostov
“the command of the left flank belonged by seniority to the commander of the regiment Kutúzov had reviewed at Braunau and in which Dólokhov was serving as a private.”
Romantic attraction · Sónya Rostóv
“He came because of Sónya.”
“He was pointedly attentive to Sónya and looked at her in such a way that not only could she not bear his glances without coloring.”
Mentor · Anatole Kurágin
“I helped you, but all the same I must tell you the truth; it is a dangerous business, and if you think about it—a stupid business.”
Military command · Denís Davýdov
“Denísov (who was one of the irregulars) was with his group at the height of the guerrilla enthusiasm.”
Military command · Váska Denísov
“Denísov and Dólokhov intended, without reporting matters to the higher command, to attack and seize that convoy with their own small forces.”
Child (none) · Pétya Rostóv
“Denísov, bareheaded and with a gloomy face, walked behind some Cossacks who were carrying the body of Pétya Rostóv to a hole that had been dug in the garden.”
Quotations
“This was Dólokhov, an officer of the Semënov regiment, a notorious gambler and duelist.”
“Dólokhov was of medium height, with curly hair and light-blue eyes.”
“Dólokhov jumped down. He smelt strongly of rum.”
“a certain Dólokhov have, it is said, been up to heaven only knows what!”
“especially Dólokhov”
“it’s the officer Dólokhov, who has been reduced to the ranks”
“General, I must obey orders, but I am not bound to endure...”
“the shapely figure of the fair-haired soldier, with his clear blue eyes, stepped forward from the ranks”
“One thing I ask of your excellency,” Dólokhov said in his firm, ringing, deliberate voice.”
“And tell Mr. Dólokhov that I won’t forget him”
“Dólokhov looked round but did not say anything”
““How am I?” Dólokhov answered coldly.”
““Is it true that Austrians have been beaten?” asked Dólokhov.”
“Prince Andrew recognized him and stopped to listen to what he was saying. Dólokhov had come from the left flank”
““We have orders to drive you off here, and we shall drive you off,” said Dólokhov.”
““The devil skin your Emperor.””
“in which Dólokhov was serving as a private.”
“Dólokhov, running beside Timókhin, killed a Frenchman at close quarters and was the first to seize the surrendering French officer by his collar.”
“Your excellency, here are two trophies,” said Dólokhov, pointing to the French sword and pouch.”
“But Dólokhov did not go away; he untied the handkerchief around his head, pulled it off, and showed the blood congealed on his hair.”
“Dólokhov—now an officer—wounded in the arm”
“Dólokhov, Mary Ivánovna’s son, has compromised her completely”
“among whom were Denísov, Rostóv, and Dólokhov”
“Dólokhov, whose acquaintance he had lately made and highly valued”
“Nicholas Rostóv, with Denísov and his new acquaintance, Dólokhov”
“Dólokhov and Nicholas Rostóv.”
“Dólokhov’s intimacy with his wife”
“Yes, he is a bully,” thought Pierre, “to kill a man means nothing to him.”
“Well, now to the health of handsome women!” said Dólokhov.”
““Well, begin!” said Dólokhov.”
“Dólokhov walked slowly without raising his pistol, looking intently with his bright, sparkling blue eyes into his antagonist’s face.”
““No-o-o!” muttered Dólokhov through his teeth, “no, it’s not over.””
“Dólokhov cried:”
““Sideways! Cover yourself with your pistol!” ejaculated Nesvítski.”
““Missed!” shouted Dólokhov, and he lay helplessly, face downwards on the snow.”
““Bad! But it’s not that, my friend—” said Dólokhov with a gasping voice.”
““My mother! My mother, my angel, my adored angel mother,” and Dólokhov pressed Rostóv’s hand and burst into tears.”
“Dólokhov the brawler, Dólokhov the bully, lived in Moscow with an old mother and a hunchback sister, and was the most affectionate of sons and brothers.”
“immediately he saw beside her Dólokhov’s handsome, insolent, hard, and mocking face”
“And now there’s Dólokhov sitting in the snow with a forced smile and perhaps dying”
“you were told... that Dólokhov was my lover”
“Dólokhov recovered, and Rostóv became very friendly with him during his convalescence”
“I know people consider me a bad man!”
“Dólokhov, whom everyone in the house liked except Natásha”
“including Dólokhov and Denísov”
“coldly and angrily replied Dólokhov”
“I beg you to consider Dólokhov’s offer”
“proud of Dólokhov’s proposal, her refusal, and her explanation with Nicholas,”
“Dólokhov at his own or at Dólokhov’s home”
“Dólokhov now asked as if guessing Rostóv’s thought”
“Dólokhov, and he took up the cards with a smile”
“Dólokhov was no longer listening to stories or telling them, but followed every movement of Rostóv’s hands”
“You owe forty-three thousand, Count,”
“I say, Rostóv, you know the saying, ‘Lucky in love, unlucky at cards.’”
“nothing to recall that terrible loss to Dólokhov.”
“I wished to meditate, but instead my imagination pictured an occurrence of four years ago, when Dólokhov, meeting me in Moscow after our duel...”
“In the front, in the very center, leaning back against the orchestra rail, stood Dólokhov in a Persian dress.”
“Then he took his place in the first row of the stalls and sat down beside Dólokhov.”
“Dólokhov, who had reappeared that year in Moscow”
“Dólokhov, who needed Anatole Kurágin’s name”
“She’s first-rate, my dear fellow, but not for us”
“You have been caught once already by a ‘little girl,’ said Dólokhov”
“the passionate love letter which Dólokhov had composed for Anatole”
“the preparations made by Dólokhov a few days before”
“Dólokhov in a traveling cloak and high boots, at an open desk on which lay an abacus and some bundles of paper money.”
“No, really, give it up!” said Dólokhov. “I am speaking seriously. It’s no joke, this plot you’ve hatched.”
“I helped you, but all the same I must tell you the truth; it is a dangerous business, and if you think about it—a stupid business.”
“Anatole and Dólokhov liked Balagá too for his masterly driving and because he liked the things they liked.”
“Having looked in a mirror, and standing before Dólokhov in the same pose he had assumed before it, he lifted a glass of wine.”
““And where’s the fur cloak?” asked Dólokhov.”
““Kurágin! Come back!” shouted Dólokhov. “Betrayed! Back!””
“Anatole, for whom Pierre was looking, dined that day with Dólokhov, consulting him as to how to remedy this unfortunate affair.”
“It was Dólokhov.”
“I am very glad to meet you here, Count,” he said aloud...”
“Or I might have been sent to serve as a soldier after the duel with Dólokhov”
“Anatole and Dólokhov, shouting and singing loudly”
“Dólokhov (who also led a small party and moved in Denísov’s vicinity)”
“joining Dólokhov who was to come that evening to a consultation”
“Dólokhov was to observe the road in the same way”
“yet more because he still had no news from Dólokhov and the man sent to capture a “tongue” had not returned.”
“the news that Dólokhov was soon coming and that all was well with him.”
“Dólokhov’s extraordinary bravery and of his cruelty to the French”
“Dólokhov, who in Moscow had worn a Persian costume”
“But Dólokhov, who in Moscow had worn a Persian costume, had now the appearance of a most correct officer of the Guards”
“Dólokhov answered absently”
“kind of amiable talk would be suitable from this young count of sixteen”
“Dólokhov began laughing”
“Dólokhov told the Cossacks accompanying him to await him there and rode on at a quick trot along the road to the bridge.”
“Dólokhov kissed him, laughed, turned his horse, and vanished into the darkness.”
“Pétya saw Dólokhov, whose face was of a pale-greenish tint, shouting to his men.”
“After speaking to the senior French officer, who came out of the house with a white handkerchief tied to his sword and announced that they surrendered, Dólokhov dismounted and went up to Pétya, who lay motionless with outstretched arms.”
““Done for!” repeated Dólokhov as if the utterance of these words afforded him pleasure, and he went quickly up to the prisoners, who were surrounded by Cossacks who had hurried up.”
“Dólokhov stood at the gate of the ruined house, letting a crowd of disarmed Frenchmen pass by.”
““How many?” Dólokhov asked the Cossack.”
“Dólokhov kept saying, having adopted this expression from the French, and when his eyes met those of the prisoners they flashed with a cruel light.”