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Mar 14, 2018m0mmyl00 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Five stars doesn’t even begin to describe the wonderfulness of this book. I was enchanted from start to finish. Count Rostov, a member of the Russian elite, was sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel. He was moved from his former sumptuous quarters to a cramped upper room and eventually became a waiter in the dining room he had frequented as a guest. Unexpectedly, he was asked to take care of a friend’s daughter for a short while. The “short while” turned in to the rest of his life. Through it all, he remained the epitome of a gentleman. He was kind and thoughtful to others and relished the moments and relationships that enriched his life (and too often pass unnoticed by those of us who have a wealth of them). He reminded me of Mr Pettigrew in Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand. What an antidote to the self-absorption and hostility towards others so prevalent today.