A Gentleman in Moscow

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A Gentleman in Moscow

The “willowy woman” on the last page of A Gentleman in Moscow is Count Rostov's girlfriend, Anna. The author uses these words to describe her on a number of occasions throughout the book.

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A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow parallels Casablanca through themes of repression and resistance. Both settings, the Metropol hotel and Rick's nightclub, serve as refuges from external dangers—Bolsheviks in...

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A Gentleman in Moscow

In A Gentleman in Moscow, Anna is the count's friend, confidant, and lover. She provides input with the count's questions about raising Sofia and is instrumental in helping engineer their escape...

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In A Gentleman in Moscow, Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov reflects on religion in the first paragraph, where he observes St. Basil's Cathedral. The narrator suggests that religion's purpose is to...

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A Gentleman in Moscow

Eight years pass before Nina returns with Sophia in A Gentleman in Moscow. After leaving in 1930, Nina comes back in 1938 with her five-year-old daughter, seeking the Count's help as her husband has...

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