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Andrey Duras
The head chef of the Boyarksy and the third member of “the Triumvirate,” along with the Count and Andrey. Their friendship becomes crucial to Emile as they support him against the Bishop’s tyranny. The Count describes Emile as a genius, coming up with ways to adapt to food shortages by replacing certain ingredients with others. Emile begins his days as a pessimist, but cooking gives him such joy that he gains a rosier perspective over the course of the day, as he improvises the perfect dishes for his guests.
Emile Zhukovsky Quotes in A Gentleman in Moscow
The A Gentleman in Moscow quotes below are all either spoken by Emile Zhukovsky or refer to Emile Zhukovsky . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3, Arachne’s Art
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With the slightest turn of the wrist the shards of glass tumble into a new arrangement. The blue cap of the bellhop is handed from one boy to the next, a dress as yellow as a canary is stowed in a trunk, a little red guidebook is updated with the new names of streets, and through Emile’s swinging door walks Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov—with the white dinner jacket of the Boyarsky draped across his arm.
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Emile Zhukovsky Quotes in A Gentleman in Moscow
The A Gentleman in Moscow quotes below are all either spoken by Emile Zhukovsky or refer to Emile Zhukovsky . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3, Arachne’s Art
Quotes
With the slightest turn of the wrist the shards of glass tumble into a new arrangement. The blue cap of the bellhop is handed from one boy to the next, a dress as yellow as a canary is stowed in a trunk, a little red guidebook is updated with the new names of streets, and through Emile’s swinging door walks Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov—with the white dinner jacket of the Boyarsky draped across his arm.
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