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Yeah, fair enough. If I recall correctly, the closest Tolstoy gets to the lower classes is giving voice to a huntsman. He really had no clue what the lives of the help were like.
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Up to a point and the Fellowes comparison is inaccurate, but it's all narrated from the PoV of patricians. Platon Karatev is the most prominent prole by far, most other non-nobs being background ciphers with brief appearances, and even he is entirely reported as observed by Pierre. It's not Downton Abbey but it never comes within shooting distance of Gosford Park. I just got tired of that perspective.