Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago: Boy meets girl meets girl. This Noble Prize-winning Russian novel by Boris Pasternak is the ageless classic of one man torn between two women. Yuri Zhivago is a medical doctor and poet during the 1917 Russian Revolution. While married to aristocratic Tonya, he falls in love with nurse Lara. Set during a war time, Zhivago’s love triangle falls prey to a twist of fate, and becomes a tale of protagonist versus an achy, breaking heart.

Fun Fact: Doctor Zhivago‘s first film version was a made-for-TV version produced in Brazil in 1959.

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Want to own a piece of romantic history? Check out an original first edition copy of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, April 19-21 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. This prestigious gathering of international book dealers is kicking off with a “Lions at the Armory” preview party on April 19th, featuring Austen’s book, along with other items from literary history. For more information and tickets visit www.nypl.org/rare.

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