family idea Letters in the Plot and Composition of the Novel by B. L. Pasternak Doctor Zhivago The article substantiates the conclusion that the correspondence of the characters in Pasternak’s novel is a plot-motivated complex multilayered system of written communication based on the family idea, expanded by a system of inter-textual links. Read more about Letters in the Plot and Composition of the Novel by B. L. Pasternak Doctor Zhivago