tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535945814378030694.post6903998776686808196..comments2023-09-25T12:28:16.743-04:00Comments on C. P. Lesley, Novelist: Revisiting VarykinoC. P. Lesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00887581040629930222noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535945814378030694.post-11760478405371029322014-05-02T13:08:56.764-04:002014-05-02T13:08:56.764-04:00The film was my first introduction to Russian hist...The film was my first introduction to Russian history and literature. Our history class was taken to see it and I thought Wow! this is history - not boring old corn laws and Acts of Parliament we got at school. Of course I fell for Sharif/ Zhivago but I also admired Tom Courtenay as Antipov. There followed a life-long love affair with Russian language & literature - (refracted through the Soviet era) the rest they say is history!Marie Macphersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906943465845474431noreply@blogger.com