BIG RUSSIANS Episode 1: Doctor Zhivago, Book One, Part One: "The Five O'Clock Express"

Rob and Olly embark on their quest to read the BIG RUSSIANS with the first part of Doctor Zhivago.

They discuss their decision to read the book, their total lack of knowledge about it or any of the historical context, before leaping into a thoroughly insightful analysis of the text. They discuss the events of the opening chapter, and their initial impressions of Yura Zhivago, Nikolai Nikolaevich, Ivan Ivanovich, Misha, Nika, Nadya and others.