War and Peace · secondary
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya
fictional · female
A relation of Prince Vasíli, mentioned in the context of matchmaking.
Aliases
Princess Mary · Marie · Másha · Princess Mary Bolkónska · Mary Bolkónskaya
Titles
Princess
Appearances
- First: Book ONE · Chapter I · ¶ 36
- Latest: Book NINE · Chapter VIII · ¶ 26
Relationships
Social acquaintance · Anna Pávlovna Schérer
“I know a little person who is very unhappy with her father. She is a relation of yours, Princess Mary Bolkónskaya.”
Friendship · Mademoiselle Bourienne
“Ah, you are sending off a letter, Princess? I have already dispatched mine. I have written to my poor mother,” said the smiling Mademoiselle Bourienne rapidly, in her pleasant mellow tones and with guttural r’s.”
“When the little princess had grown accustomed to life at Bald Hills, she took a special fancy to Mademoiselle Bourienne...”
Sibling · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“Prince Andrew and his sister, hand in hand, kissed one another, and he told her she was still the same crybaby as ever.”
“How thoroughly like him that is!” he said to Princess Mary, who had come up to him.”
Sibling · the little princess
“I know you already through my sister-in-law’s friendship for you.”
Sibling · the little princess
“When they left the table she took her sister-in-law’s arm and drew her into another room.”
Friendship · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“Prince Andrew smiled as he looked at his sister, as we smile at those we think we thoroughly understand.”
Conversation · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“I did so wish to have another talk with you alone! God knows how long we may again be parted.”
Political alliance · Prince Vasíli Kurágin
“I have had a proposition made me concerning you,” he said with an unnatural smile.”
Sibling (brother) · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“He came up the stairs and embraced his sister.”
“to be near her brother who was perhaps dying”
Friendship · Pierre Bezukhov
“She looked at him with her beautiful radiant eyes and seemed to say, 'I like you very much...'”
“I should like to tell everything to Pierre. He is kind and generous.”
Family · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“Prince Andrew would reply at such times very dryly to his sister...”
Rival · Mademoiselle Bourienne
“Princess Mary flushed and ran out of the room.”
Social acquaintance · Borís Drubetskóy
“she did not even notice the special attentions and amiabilities shown her during dinner by Borís Drubetskóy”
Sibling (sister-in-law) · Natásha Rostóva
“Dear Natalie, said Princess Mary, I want you to know that I am glad my brother has found happiness....”
Rival · Natásha Rostóva
“Natásha did not like Princess Mary, whom she thought very plain, affected, and dry.”
Friendship · Natásha Rostóva
“she begged Natásha to believe that she could not help loving her as the one chosen by her brother”
“They did not weep or shudder and during these last days they themselves felt that they were not attending on him (he was no longer there, he had left them) but on what reminded them most closely of him—his body.”
Social acquaintance · Alpátych
“a maid came to the door to say that Alpátych was asking for orders about their departure.”
Friendship · Dron
“Princess Mary walked up and down the room and stopped in front of him.”
Friendship · Nicholas Rostov
“I cannot express, Princess, how glad I am that I happened to ride here and am able to show my readiness to serve you”
Friendship · Nicholas Rostov
“I am very, very grateful to you”
Friendship · Natásha Rostóva
“she realized that here was a real comrade in her grief, and consequently a friend”
“Princess Mary asked the countess to let Natásha go with her to Moscow, and both parents gladly accepted this offer.”
Family (sibling) · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“When the last convulsions of the body, which the spirit was leaving, occurred, Princess Mary and Natásha were present.”
Friendship · Pierre Bezukhov
“I was so glad to hear of your safety. It was the first piece of good news we had received for a long time.”
“Oh, yes. What a splendid man he is!”
Social acquaintance · Pierre Bezukhov
“I believe all this—and suddenly Princess Mary will tell her...”
Friendship · Countess Rostóva
“I only wanted to see the old lady, who was always kind to me and to whom I am under many obligations.”
Marriage · Nicholas Rostov
“In the winter of 1813 Nicholas married Princess Mary”
Parent (father) · Prince Nicholas Andréevich Bolkónski
“He was himself always occupied: writing his memoirs, solving problems in higher mathematics, turning snuffboxes on a lathe, working in the garden, or superintending the building that was always going on at his estate.”
Parent (father) · Prince Nicholas
“Prince Nicholas sent for Princess Mary to come to his study.”
Family (aunt) · little Prince Nicholas
“to take his son to him”
Romantic attraction · Anatole Kurágin
“The handsome open face of the man who might perhaps be her husband absorbed all her attention.”
Child · Prince Nicholas Andréevich Bolkónski
“Father,” she said, “do not turn away from me, let us weep together.”
Family (nephew) · little Prince Nicholas
“her nephew, little Nicholas”
Romantic attraction · Anatole Kurágin
“He indicated to him Princess Mary and Julie Karágina.”
Romantic attraction · Nicholas Rostov
“did she love him?”
“With a softened, happy, timid look she watched the boy she loved in the arms of the man she loved.”
Romantic attraction · Nicholas Rostov
“I really believe she is un petit peu amoureuse du jeune homme.”
Romantic attraction · Countess Rostóva
“I always wanted Nicholas to marry the princess, and had a presentiment that it would happen.”
Mentor · Natásha Rostóva
“Princess Mary spoke of her childhood, of her mother, her father, and her daydreams; and Natásha... learned to love her past too and to understand a side of life previously incomprehensible to her.”
Child (child) · Prince Nicholas Andréevich Bolkónski
“He was himself always occupied: writing his memoirs, solving problems in higher mathematics, turning snuffboxes on a lathe, working in the garden, or superintending the building that was always going on at his estate.”
Child (child) · Prince Nicholas
“Prince Nicholas sent for Princess Mary to come to his study.”
Parent · Prince Nicholas Andréevich Bolkónski
“Father,” she said, “do not turn away from me, let us weep together.”
Quotations
“a relation of yours, Princess Mary Bolkónskaya.”
“Princess Mary was still the same timid, plain maiden”
“So you’ve decided to go, Andrew?”
“Mademoiselle Bourienne says he has been asking about you”
“One thing I beg, I entreat of you!”
“Princess Mary begged him to stay one day more”