Petya Rostov

Count Pyotr "Petya" Ilyich Rostov (1797–1812) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace. The youngest member of the Rostov family, Petya is initially a minor character; however, towards the end of the novel, Petya's importance to the plot increases as he joins the Russian army in their defence against the French invasion of 1812. In the latter stages of the book Petya takes part in an attack on a French corps and is fatally wounded. This scene, along with the death of Prince Andrei Nikolaeitch Bolkonski is one of the most famous (and shocking) in classical Russian literature.

Petya Rostov
War and Peace character
Created byLeo Tolstoy
Portrayed bySeán Barrett
Sergei Yermilov
Otto Farrant
Kit Connor
In-universe information
Full namePyotr Ilyich Rostov
NicknamePetya
GenderMale
TitleCount
FamilyIlya Rostov (father)
Natalia Rostova (mother)
Nikolai Rostov (brother)
Vera Rostova,
Natasha Rostova (sisters)
Sonya Rostova (cousin)
NationalityRussian

Reception

George R. Clay asserts that Tolstoy's "choice of fifteen-year old Petya Rostov as the one through whom to dramatize Moscow's response to the arrival of Emperor Alexander is masterful for the number of effects it accomplishes simultaneously".[1]

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See also
  • List of characters in War and Peace

References
  1. George R. Clay, Tolstoy's Phoenix: From Method to Meaning in War and Peace (Northwestern University Press, 1998), 105.
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