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Dr. Zhivago | Study Guide

Boris Pasternak

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Overview

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Author

Boris Pasternak

Year Published

1957

Type

Novel

Genre

Tragedy

Perspective and Narrator

Doctor Zhivago is narrated from a third-person omniscient point of view.

Tense

Doctor Zhivago is told primarily in the past tense.

About the Title

The title reminds the reader that the main character, Yuri Zhivago, is a physician as well as a poet.

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