War and Peace in Adaptation

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Prologue Pierre Moscow The Private and Intimate Life of the House Natasha and Bolkonskys No One Else The Opera Natasha and Anatole The Duel Dust and Ashes Sunday Morning Charming The Ball Letters Sonya and Natasha Sonya Alone Preparations Balaga The Abduction In My House A Call to Pierre Find Anatole Pierre and Anatole Natasha Very Ill Pierre and Andrey Pierre and Natasha The Great Comet of 1812

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Book 8 References

O God, if he were here now I would not behave as I did then, but differently. I would not be silly and afraid of things, I would simply embrace him, cling to him, and make him look at me with those searching inquiring eyes with which he has so often looked at me, and then I would make him laugh as he used to laugh. And his eyes—how I see those eyes! thought Natásha. And what do his father and sister matter to me? I love him alone, him, him, with that face and those eyes, with his smile, manly and yet childlike....


Book 6 References

Sónya! Sónya! he again heard the first speaker. Oh, how can you sleep? Only look how glorious it is! Ah, how glorious! Do wake up, Sónya! she said almost with tears in her voice. There never, never was such a lovely night before!


Do just come and see what a moon!... Oh, how lovely! Come here.... Darling, sweetheart, come here! There, you see? I feel like sitting down on my heels, putting my arms round my knees like this, straining tight, as tight as possible, and flying away! Like this....


Book 7 References

No, I don’t believe we ever were in animals, said Natásha, still in a whisper though the music had ceased. But I am certain that we were angels somewhere there, and have been here, and that is why we remember....


No One Else

Featured Characters: NATASHA

[NATASHA]
The moon—

[NATASHA]
First time I heard your voice
Moonlight burst into the room
And I saw your eyes
And I saw your smile
And the world opened wide
And the world was inside of me

[NATASHA]
And I catch my breath
And I laugh and blush
And I hear guitars
You are so good for me
I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you

[NATASHA]
Oh the moon
Oh the snow in the moonlight
And your childlike eyes
And your distant smile
I’ll never be this happy again
You and I
And no one else

[NATASHA]
We’ve done this all before
We were angels once
Don’t you remember?
Joy and life
Inside our souls
And nobody knows
Just you and me
It’s our secret

[NATASHA]
This winter sky
How can anyone sleep?
There was never such a night before!
I feel like putting my arms round my knees
And squeezing tight as possible
And flying away
Like this...

[NATASHA]
Oh the moon
Oh the snow in the moonlight
And your childlike eyes
And your distant smile
I’ll never be this happy again
You and I
You and I
You and I
And no one else

[NATASHA]
Maybe he’ll come today
Maybe he came already
And he’s sitting in the drawing room
And I simply forgot