A gentleman in Moscow [sound recording] : a novel / Amor Towles.
"A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery ..."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0735288526
- ISBN: 0735288542
- ISBN: 9780735288522
- ISBN: 9780735288546
- Physical Description: 14 audio discs (17 hr., 53 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape ; [2016]
- Copyright: ℗2016
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Compact disc.Title from container.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Nicholas Guy Smith.
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- Subject:
- Aristocracy (Social class) > Fiction.
Detention of persons > Fiction.
Home detention > Fiction.
Hotels > Russia > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Moscow (Russia) > History > Fiction. - Genre:
- History.
Audiobooks > Compact discs.
Audiobooks.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Available copies
- 35 of 37 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 37 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swansboro Branch Library | CD FIC TOWLES (Text) | 36015000952396 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | AB Towles (Text) | 31010000579252 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | CDBOOK TOWLES (Text) | 39493108225980 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | BOCD F Towles (Text) | 34269001354548 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | CD F TOW (Text) | 80605000701762 | Adult Audiobook Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | A-CD TOW (Text) | 50503011099340 | Adult Audiobook | Checked out | 08/10/2026 |
| Barco Library | CD F TOW (Text) | 39488200919001 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | TOW CD 56415 (Text) | 0020511273425 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Bogue Banks | CD F TOWLE (Text) | 34208203575757 | Adult Audiobook Fiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | BOOK CD F TOWLES (Text) | 31781064274929 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
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Summary:
"A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery ..."--
