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Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced to house arrest at an elite hotel in Russia after been condemned as an unrepentant aristocrat by the Bolsheviks. And so the hotel and its inhabitants become his life, and an outsider might be saddened for the constriction Rostov must suffer. But Rostov is a gentleman, and as a gentleman, he has been taught from birth how to live a noble life, and, constrained or not, it is a noble life that Rostov lives.
I fell in love with this man, with the grace he bestows ...more
I fell in love with this man, with the grace he bestows ...more
A man confined to a hotel for the rest of his life? It sounded like the ideal book for our book club during pandemic times.
I liked this book very much when I read it in 2019, but I loved it after this reread.
I am left thinking about many things.
I had many questions:
What does it mean to be a gentleman? What other people did he run across during his confinement who would be considered gentlemen (or gentlewomen)? What people did he meet who were considered gentlemen by others but were not really g ...more
I liked this book very much when I read it in 2019, but I loved it after this reread.
I am left thinking about many things.
I had many questions:
What does it mean to be a gentleman? What other people did he run across during his confinement who would be considered gentlemen (or gentlewomen)? What people did he meet who were considered gentlemen by others but were not really g ...more
In "A Gentleman in Moscow's" pages, you'll find this book is thoughtful, touching, enchanting, tragic, contains beautiful philosophies and inconveniences. This book does shape itself such as a kaleidoscope does with this own colors and designs.
The main character, Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, is sentenced to house arrest at the Metropol for life for writing a poem that sympathies's with the revolution. If he leaves the hotel doors ... he will be shot. He is young, educated and aristocratic. He ...more
Enjoyable enough to keep me up late, but still getting up early to find out what happens. I really enjoyed the writing style, and general historical setting as background.
Engrossing, clever and satisfying.
Jan 30, 2018
Cheryl
marked it as to-read
May 01, 2018
Sharon
is currently reading it
May 17, 2018
Sarah
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it was amazing
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Mar 25, 2019
Suzanne
marked it as to-read
Oct 21, 2022
Johanne
rated it
it was amazing
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Jul 07, 2019
Theresa Wright
marked it as to-read
