Natasha Rostova is introduced as a 12-year old girl living with her aristocratic parents in 1805 Russia. She falls in love with Prince Boris Drubetskoy but their friendship ends when he leaves. At her first ball, she meets Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and they become engaged, though his father objects to the match. During Andrei's absence, Natasha is seduced by Anatole Kuragin but their elopement is stopped. After a failed suicide attempt, Natasha nurses the wounded Andrei as the French advance, and they reconcile as he dies. She later marries Pierre Bezukhov after his wife dies, and they have four children together.

1. Natasha Rostova
At the start of the novel in 1805, Natasha is a 12-year old girl, the daughter of Count Ilya Rostov
and Countess Natalya Rostova. She has fallen in love with young Prince Boris Drubetskoy, who
lives with his mother in the Rostov estate. She becomes close friends with Count Pierre
Bezukhov, who frequently visits the Rostovs. When Boris leaves to pursue a career in the staff
of General Mikhail Kutuzov, their friendship evaporates, and at her first ball, Pierre introduces
her to Prince Andrei Bolkonsky. They fall in love and become engaged, but Andrei's father
objects to the match. He forces Andrei to postpone the marriage for a year, in which he should
stay in a resort abroad to better his health. A visit to Andrei's father ends in a falling-out between
Natasha and Princess Marya, Andrey's sister. During Andrei's absence, Prince Anatole Kuragin
takes advantage of the situation by courting Natasha, even though he is already married. She
succumbs to his charms, and tries to elope with Kuragin. Although this is thwarted by Natasha's
cousin Sonya, Natasha hastily writes to Princess Marya, breaking off the engagement. After her
plan to elope is ruined, Natasha attempts suicide. She is rescued by the doctor before she dies.
As Napoleon advances in Russia, the Rostovs are forced to evacuate their estate and retreat to
their Moscow residence. When the Rostovs plan to evacuate Moscow, her parents use the carts
for transportation of the wounded soldiers, and Natasha discovers that Andrei is among the
wounded soldiers. She devotes all her time to nursing him.
After the French forces depart Moscow, Natasha again meets Andrei's sister Marya and
together they nurse Andrey until he dies. They are reunited with Pierre, whose estranged wife
Helene has died. Natasha and Pierre fall in love. Eventually, they marry and have four children.