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Front Matter and "The Line"

· The following version of this anthology was used to create this Lesson Plan: Towles, Amor. Table for Two: Fictions. Viking, 2024.

· This Lesson Plan references divisions within each selection of the anthology as they are presented in the text.

· Following publication information and a dedication, the New York portion of the anthology opens with “The Line,” section 1, which situates Pushkin and Irina in their Russian origins.

· A rumination on the fundamental poetry present in Pushkin is presented, and comments about his contentment are made.

· Section 2 opens with more description of Pushkin and Irina’s social setting and presents the effects of a political presentation that occurred near their home.

· Section 3 glosses the Russian Revolution before turning to Irina’s demand to relocate to Moscow.

· Irina’s reasons for the demand are presented, and Pushkin considers her demand, intending to rebut it but slowly accommodating...

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