There was the porter, always impeccable in his uniform, with a kindness in his eyes that was a balm to the Count's soul. There were the chefs, who managed to create culinary masterpieces from the most meager of ingredients. And then, there were the guests – a transient population of travelers, each with their own stories of love, loss, and longing.
The novel centers on the indomitable Count Rostov, an erudite aristocrat who avoids execution after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution due to a subversive poem attributed to him. Rostov’s character development is the heart of the story: un caballero en moscu amor towles 001 epub