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Doctor Zhivago
What you need to know before your trail
This is an epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath
Dr. Yury Zhivago, said to be Pasternak’s alter ego, is a poet, philosopher, and physician whose life is disrupted by the war, and by his love of two women. He marries Tonya and they have a son but when he becomes a medical officer in a small town and moves away, he falls in love with Lara, the wife of a revolutionary.
What follows is a tale of torn lives , divided loyalties and a path of revolution
Travel Guide
In the course of Yury’s life, the modern history of Russia is revealed. He is born under Czarist rule but lives through World War I, the Revolution, and the Civil War.
Yury Zhivago starts his life in Moscow, where he goes to the university studying medicine. it is here where he meets Tonya, his wife.
He later becomes a medical officer in the army and is stationed in a small town which is where he meets Lara who he does know from elsewhere. She tells him of her daughter who she has left behind in Yuryatin, Urals where she was born.
Yury and Tonya then move to Varyniko, an estate once owned by Tonya’s grandfather but now being worked as a collective. When Yury goes to the nearest city, Yuryatin, to use the library, he meets Lara. The affair starts here but Yury wants to confess all to his wife.
The war changes everything and it is during the struggle between the Tsarist Whites and the Communist Reds that is the main setting and backdrop to the entire novel. The war changes everything and by reading this fictional account of one man’s journey through it, you can start to understand how and why.
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