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n celebration of the 40th anniversary of its original publication, here is the only paperback edition now available of the classic story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Yuri Zhivago: A sensitive and poetic doctor who is thrown into the brutality of the Russian Revolution and WWI. He is married to Tonya Gromeko, but is deeply in love with Lara.
- Larissa Feodorovna Guishar: More simply known as "Lara", she is married to Pasha Antipov who later disappears with the war. She falls deeply in love with Yuri.
- Tonya Gromeko: The wife of Yuri, they lived together as children after Yuri's parents died.
- Pavel "Pasha" Antipov: Started out as an idealistic young student involved in Bolshevism. Ended up being married to Lara, but he is forced to join the war, and disappears. Lara assumes him to be dead.
- Viktor Komarovsky: A powerful lawyer with political connections. Lara ends up in an affair with him (before marrying Pasha), in which she is both repulsed and attracted by him.
- Yevgraf Zhivago: The illegitimate half-brother of Yuri, he has power and influence with the Bolsheviks that helps his brother avoid arrest in several situations.
Memorable Quotes
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“Who does more for a nation - the one who makes a fuss about it or the one who, without thinking of it, raises it to universality by the beauty and greatness of his actions, and gives it fame and immortality?”
First Sentence
On they went, singing "Rest Eternal," and whenever they stopped, their feet, the horses, and the gusts of wind seemed to carry on their singing.
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First Edition
Original Language: English
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
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Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0895773422
Page Count: 495
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0895773422
Page Count: 495
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- Dewey: 891.7342
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