War and Peace · primary
Platón Karatáev
fictional · male
A fellow prisoner who is kind and philosophical, sharing his thoughts and experiences with Pierre.
Aliases
little falcon · Platósha · Karatáev
Appearances
- First: Book TWELVE · Chapter XII · ¶ 31
- Latest: Book FIRST EPILOGUE · Chapter XVI · ¶ 20
Relationships
Friendship · Pierre Bezukhov
““Eh, lad, don’t fret!” said he, in the tender singsong caressing voice old Russian peasant women employ.”
“Karatáev had no attachments, friendships, or love, as Pierre understood them, but loved and lived affectionately with everything life brought him in contact with, particularly with man—not any particular man, but those with whom he happened to be.”
Social acquaintance · French soldier
“Karatáev thanked the Frenchman for the money and went on admiring his own work.”
Quotations
“My name is Platón, and the surname is Karatáev”
“Well, my dear fellow, I was still living at home”
“Lord Jesus Christ, holy Saint Nicholas, Frola and Lavra!”
“except Platón Karatáev, who always remained in his mind a most vivid and precious memory”
“To all the other prisoners Platón Karatáev seemed a most ordinary soldier.”
“Platón Karatáev was sitting covered up”
“If we grumble at sickness, God won’t grant us death,” replied Platón”
“Karatáev had told it to him alone”
“Karatáev concluded and sat for a long time silent”
“Judging by what he had said there was no one he had respected so highly as Platón Karatáev”
“Platón Karatáev? he repeated”