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Can I read Doctor Zhivago on EtoBox?
Doctor Zhivago by from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari; "The Poems of Yurii Zhivago," translated by Bernard Guilbert Guerney is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Doctor Zhivago about?
***This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987.*** One of the results of its publication in the West was Pasternak's complete rejection by Soviet authorities; when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was compelled to decline it. ***The book quickly became an international best-seller.*** **Dr. Yury Zhivago, Pasternak's alter ego, is a poet, philosopher, and physician whose life is disrupted by the war and by his love for Lara, the wife of a revolutionary. His artistic nature makes him vulnerable to the brutality and harshness of the Bolsheviks. ***The poems he writes constitute some of the most beautiful writing featured in the novel.*** --------- ***Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak's only novel, is set between the early 1900s and World War II*** and contains complex plot lines and themes, including criticisms of the role of the government in the lives of citizens, and criticisms of the October Revolution and its aftermath. The book had been submitted for publication to Novyi Mir in 1956 and had been initially accepted, but at the last moment its publication w
Who reads Doctor Zhivago?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari; "The Poems of Yurii Zhivago," translated by Bernard Guilbert Guerney
- Publisher
- New York, New American Library
- Published
- 1958
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.03 / 5 (60,514 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13