Doctor ZhivagoFirst published in Italy in 1957 amid international controversy, Doctor Zhivago is the story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago's love for the tender and beautiful Lara, the very embodiment of the pain and chaos of those cataclysmic times. Pevear and Volokhonsky masterfully restore the spirit of Pasternak's original—his style, rhythms, voicings, and tone—in this beautiful translation of a classic of world literature. |
Contents
Part Two A GIRL FROM A DIFFERENT CIRCLE | 19 |
Part Three THE CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE SVENTITSKYS | 56 |
Part Four IMMINENT INEVITABILITIES | 81 |
Part Five FAREWELL TO THE OLD | 115 |
Part Six THE MOSCOW ENCAMPMENT | 147 |
Part Seven ON THE WAY | 185 |
Part Eight ARRIVAL | 229 |
Part Nine VARYKINO | 249 |
Part Eleven THE FOREST ARMY | 295 |
Part Twelve THE FROSTED ROWAN | 316 |
Part Thirteen OPPOSITE THE HOUSE WITH FIGURES | 337 |
Part Fourteen IN VARYKINO AGAIN | 374 |
Part Fifteen THE ENDING | 415 |
Part Sixteen EPILOGUE | 448 |
Part Seventeen THE POEMS OF YURI ZHIVAGO | 462 |
Notes | 497 |
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