![]() ![]() Doctor Zhivago shares with War and Peace an epic tonality both attempt to encapsulate a national history, culture, and philosophy of human nature and experience in the stories of individuals caught up in the maelstrom of history. Analysis of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor ZhivagoĬonsidered by many the greatest Russian novel of the 20th century, Boris Pasternak’s (1890-1960) Doctor Zhivago is certainly the most famous fictional treatment of the defining moments of modern Russian history at the outset of the 20th century, inviting a comparison with Tolstoy’s similar effort in War and Peace to dramatize the crucial events of the Napoleonic era. ![]()
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