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Originally Posted by fantasyfan
Caleb72 and Beppe, please excuse me for nipping into your very interesting conversation. You both seem to feel the pulse of this book--though in different ways. I think I have much to learn about the novel. But could you give me and opinion about Dr Zhivago, a novel I've been think of reading for ages.
Is this considered to be a major work in the genre--one on the level of The Master and Margartia? I've seen the film, of course, but I don't know that it does justice to the book.
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Unfortunately, I have never read Dr Zhivago. In fact, I don't believe I've seen the movie either.
Beppe clearly has a much better grip on
The Master and Margarita than I do. I'm not well-versed in literary movements, nor cultural developments in general. I'm like a new babe when reading books like this. I really try to take as much as I can from the book as the only source. Although here, I did read the footnotes as well - I think I would have been lost without them.
So while others can quite faithfully present the various meanings of the novel, I'm left making observations of interest while not necessarily understanding their import. I actually like this about my reading but it means that I'm usually not that close to any pulse.
But I like participating in discussion even if at times I might be demonstrating ignorance rather than enlightenment.