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A gentleman in moscow author7/3/2023 If an author can make his character come to life, then you know the book is great! He is a character that I think about often to this day. Not many authors can make a history lesson this interesting!Ĭount Alexander Ilyich Rostov is a protagonist that jumps out of the book with his vivid description and personality. Amor Towles beautifully sets up the scenes and history of Russia and fluidly inserts it into the plot. CommentaryĪ Gentleman in Moscow was a spectacular read and it is unlike anything else out there. Russia goes through a lot of changes and the Count experiences it from the confounds of Hotel Metropol. Life happens around the Count and he makes the most of his situation. The Count is sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life in his current residence, Hotel Metropol. But when he returns home after the Bolsgevik revolution in 1917, he is arrested. When the Count is a young man, he is sent out of the country as he was required to because of custom and a scuffle.
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