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2013., Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Anna (2012) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in late 19th century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
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By Towles, Amor2016., Adult, Viking Call No: c.2 Fic Tow Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: "A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel<U+2019>s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery. Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count<U+2019>s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose."--From publisher.
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2012., Adult, Duke Classics Edition: 1869. Connect to this eBook title Summary Note: "Napoleon's turbulent history with Russia including his doomed 1812 invasion provides the setting for Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. Often referred to as the greatest novel of all time, Tolstoy's classic follows the tumultuous personal lives of two aristocratic families touching on all of the great human epochs; youth, matrimony, age and death"--