Doctor Zhivago (novel)
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Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doctor Zhivago | 13 |
| Doctor Zhivago (novel) canonical | 4 |
| Доктор Живаго | 2 |
| Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago | 1 |
| Doctor Zhivago (published 1957 in Italian, 1958 in Russian abroad) | 1 |
| Zhivago | 1 |
| novel Doctor Zhivago | 1 |
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Target entity: Doctor Zhivago (novel) Context triple: [Doctor Zhivago, basedOn, Doctor Zhivago (novel)]
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A.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
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B.
The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
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Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
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D.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that explores themes of love, infidelity, and social hypocrisy through the tragic life of its aristocratic heroine.
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E.
The Bronze Horseman
The Bronze Horseman is a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin that intertwines a legendary statue of Peter the Great with a tragic tale set during the catastrophic 1824 flood in St. Petersburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Doctor Zhivago (novel) Target entity description: Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
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A.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
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B.
The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
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C.
Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
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D.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that explores themes of love, infidelity, and social hypocrisy through the tragic life of its aristocratic heroine.
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E.
The Bronze Horseman
The Bronze Horseman is a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin that intertwines a legendary statue of Peter the Great with a tragic tale set during the catastrophic 1824 flood in St. Petersburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian novel
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historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Doctor Zhivago
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surface form:
Doctor Zhivago (1965 film)
Doctor Zhivago (2002 TV serial) ⓘ
surface form:
Doctor Zhivago (television adaptations)
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| author | Boris Pasternak ⓘ |
| awarded |
Nobel Prize in Literature
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surface form:
Nobel Prize in Literature (to Boris Pasternak)
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| awardYear | 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature (to Boris Pasternak) ⓘ |
| bannedIn | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| banReason | perceived anti-Soviet content ⓘ |
| completedYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| contains | cycle of poems attributed to Yuri Zhivago ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| firstEnglishTranslationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| firstEnglishTranslator |
Manya Harari
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Max Hayward ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Italy ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Komarovsky
ⓘ
Larisa Antipova ⓘ Pasha Antipov ⓘ Tonya Gromeko ⓘ
surface form:
Tonia Gromeko
Yuri Zhivago ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | life and loves of Yuri Zhivago ⓘ |
| notableEvent | smuggled out of the Soviet Union for publication ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical portrayal of the October Revolution and its aftermath
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international bestseller status ⓘ role in Cold War cultural politics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Doctor Zhivago (novel)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Доктор Живаго
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| pageCountApprox | 600 ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
physician
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poet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Russian Civil War
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Russian Revolution ⓘ |
| structure | prose narrative followed by poems ⓘ |
| theme |
art and poetry in times of turmoil
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conflict between personal love and political ideology ⓘ impact of revolution on individual lives ⓘ moral choices under totalitarianism ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Yuri Zhivago ⓘ |
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