<DIV>This book, part of the acclaimed AATSEEL Critical Companions series, is designed to guide readers through <I>Doctor Zhivago,</I> Boris Pasternak's classic story of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. An introduction places the novel and its author within Russian history and literature, and essays by scholars offer opinion and analysis of Pasternak's method and thought. Finally, there is correspondence relating to the novel and a bibliography chosen by the editor.<BR></DIV>