War and Peace · Character
Nastásya Ivánovna
Also known as Nastásya Ivánovna, the buffoon, Nastásya
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 135
Nastásya Ivánovna is a minor character in War and Peace (Book 1).
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 135
- Books
- 1
Known as the buffoon and by a woman’s name, Nastásya Ivánovna is presented as a gray-bearded old man in a woman’s cloak and tall peaked cap. Later, he sits sadly by a window in a woman’s jacket, his melancholy set against the incongruity of his costume. The text offers no fuller account of his past or fate, leaving him as a brief, poignant presence.
Description
Nastásya Ivánovna is an old man with a gray beard and a sad, expressive face. He wears women’s clothing—a cloak in one appearance, a jacket in another—and a tall peaked cap that gives him a distinctive silhouette. His build, eye color, and finer facial details are not specified; his subdued, melancholy presence is clearest in the way he sits quietly by a window.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
Appearances
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