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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading doctor zhivago. Pasternaks leading character, yuri zhivago, is a poet who struggles to translate his feelings and reflections on life and love into verse. Mulling over her abusive relationship with the much older and wealthy komarovsky, lara thinks. Over the winter, they read books to each other and yuri writes poetry and journal entries. At the end of the book, komarovsky tries to do well by lara one last time by getting her away from the russian police. The protagonist is a poet, the novel revolves around his love and life in the first half of twentieth century russia. It was also beautifully filmed with omar sharif and julie christie in the leading roles. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
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