Epilogue Part 1 Chapter 9 (Chapter 343 overall)

Pevear and Volokhonsky Notes: We bring Natasha and Pierre back into the narrative, as well as Denisov and Mikhail Ivanych, as they visit the Rostovs. However, we stay with the relationship of Marya and Nikolai, with a domestic episode of the latter coming in angry and Marya forgetting that this is not a slight against her.
"Sometimes, precisely after the happiest periods, a feeling of estrangement and hostility suddenly came over them; this feeling appeared most often at the time of Countess Marya's pregnancies."
Sonya becomes the victim of Marya's "irritation". However, there is a scene with the two children that shows Nikolai into a good humor and has Nikolai try to explain to Marya his love for her. Nikolai thinks about how his daughter Natasha will grow up and sees the parallel between himself and his father and Natasha.
Marya on the other hand, "Never, never would I have believed," she whispered to herself, "that one could be so happy." Her face shone with a smile, but at the same time she sighed, and her profound gaze showed a quiet sadness. As if, besides the happiness she experienced, there was another happiness, unattainable in this life, which she involuntarily remembered at that moment."

Characters (characters who do not appear, but are mentioned are placed in italics. First appearances are in Bold. First mentions are underlined. Final appearance denoted by *):

Natasha

Pierre (also "husband")

Nikolai (also "brother", "papenka", "papa, "father", "Nicolas", and "husband")

General Vasili Feodorovitch Denisof

Nikolushka ("wife's nephew")

Count Rostova ("mother")

Mrs. Byelova 

Countess Marya (also "his wife", "mamenka", "mamma", "Masha", and "Marie", also their three children, some undifferentiated, their governess, and their tutor.)

Dessalles ("tutor")

Sonya

Mikhail Ivanuitch

Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky ("the prince")

Andryusha (also "Little Andrei" in Mandelker. "Little Andrey" in Briggs.)

Natasha (also "daughter")

Malvina

Count Rostof ("father")

(Natasha's children are referenced in general, as is their governess. The Daniel Cooper is mentioned again.)

Abridged Versions: The chapter appears cut in Bell.

Komroff: Only the first couple paragraphs, which establishes which characters are there, are preserved. No break.

Kropotkin: Chapter 4: Chapter is preserved.

Edmundson: Epilogue: Pierre arrives back as Maria is pregnant and 8 years have passed. Pierre and Maria talk about Nikolai's temper and his work as a landlord. Little Nikolai is said to be out riding. Sonya also appears. Pierre talks about the Bible Society and the Countess enters the conversation. This conversation is interrupted by little things such as a discussion of Natasha being out of practice of singing and who should tell the cook that Pierre is back. Nikolai and Pierre have their differing views and confrontation in quite a bit of detail. The attendant is also there cleaning and turns out the lights at the end. The couples separate and Nikolai and Maria have their conversation about Natasha and Pierre and the latter two have their conversation about the former. The play ends with Pierre's simple idea. 

Additional Notes: Garnett on "Malvina and such heroines" (making it more of a reference than a mentioned character): "Name of a character in the "poems of Ossian"...by Scottish poet James Macpherson...helped shaped Romanticism. Napoleon brought the poems along with him to Moscow."