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This is the table of contents and syllabus for the upcoming historical fiction book: Dr Zhivago.

by Boris Pasternak

Paperback, 559 pages
Introduction copyright © 1991 by John Baily
English translation copyright 1958
by Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London
Authorized revisions to the English translation
copyright 1958 by Pantheon Books, Inc
Copyright renewed 1986 by Random House Inc.

• ISBN- 0: 0679774386

Table of Contents

Introduction by John Bayley -> xi

PART I
1. The Five-o'clock Express -> 3
2. A Girl from a Different World -> 21
3. The Sventitskys' Christmas Party -> 63
4. The Hour of the Inevitable -> 91

PART II
5. Farewell to the World -> 131
6. The Moscow Encampment -> 166
7. Train to the Urals -> 209
8. Arrival -> 254
9. Varykino -> 277
10. The Highway -> 306
11. The Forest Brotherhood -> 329
12. The Rowan Tree -> 352
13. Opposite the House of Sculptures -> 376
14. Return to Varykino -> 519
15. Conclusion -> 465
16. Epilogue -> 504
17. The Poems of Yuri Zhivago -> 521

Introduction copyright © 1991 by John Baily
English translation copyright 1958
by Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London
Authorized revisions to the English translation
copyright 1958 by Pantheon Books, Inc
Copyright renewed 1986 by Random House Inc.

Week One - June 4th - June 10th
Introduction and Chapter 1 - p. xi - p . 20
Introduction and ONE - The Five-o'clock Express

Week Two - June 11th - June 17th
Chapter TWO, and Chapter THREE p. 21- 90
TWO - A Girl from a Different World and THREE - The Sventitskys' Christmas Party p. 63

Week Three - June 18th - June 24th
Chapter FOUR p 91-128
FOUR - The Hour of the Inevitable

Week Four - June 25th - July 1st
PART II Chapter FIVE p. 131-165 and
FIVE - Farewell to the World

Week Five - July 2nd - July 8th
Chapter SIX p 166 - 208
SIX - The Moscow Encampment

Week Six - July 9th - July 15th
Chapters SEVEN and EIGHT - p 209-276
SEVEN - Train to the Urals and EIGHT - Arrival

Week Seven - July 16th - July 22nd
Chapters NINE and TEN - p. 277 - 328
NINE - Varykino and TEN - The Highway

Week Eight - July 23 - July 29th
Chapters ELEVEN and TWELVE - p. 352 - 375
ELEVEN - The Forest Brotherhood and TWELVE - The Rowan Tree

Week Nine - July 30 - August 5th
Chapters THIRTEEN p. 376 - 418
THIRTEEN - Opposite the House of Sculptures

Week Ten - August 6th - August 12th
Chapter FOURTEEN - p . 419 - 464
FOURTEEN - Return to Varykino

Week Eleven - August 13th - August 19th
Chapters FIFTEEN and SIXTEEN p. 465-519
FIFTEEN - Conclusion and SIXTEEN - Epilogue

Week Twelve - August 20th - August 26th
The Poems of Yuril Zhivago and the Book as a Whole