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+The Shadow of Lillya
+Notes from Audrey Berger
+September 21, 2022
+Characters
+Lillya - This is the story of Lillya Englehart, atalented horse woman of Imperial Russia
+who survives revolution, famine and war. Her father was born into wealth and married
+into the aristocracy and it’s attendant problems. She is introduced to the court of Czar
+Nicholas II and becomes a favorite of the royal family.
+Lillya grows up in a charmed life, as described in the early chapters. She is a celebrity
+circus performer and favorite of the Czarina. She teaches riding to the Czar’s family.
+She befriends a very talented ballet dancer named Katya who has a daughter named
+Donatalia who is also a ballet dancer at the Imperial School a few years younger than
+Lillya’s son Vladimir. She becomes worried about the fate of Russia and sends her son
+Vladimir and the Vronsky family circus to America in early 1905 following the 1905
+revolution. During the next 12 years she becomes even closer to the Czarina and her
+children – teaching them riding and being a frequent guest at the several palaces. She
+flees Petrograd in 1917 with her husband Anton. Anton is killed and Lillya is taken
+prisoner by the Red army and is taken to Peter and Paul prison where she is jailed for
+some period of time.
+In prison, she hears about the October revolution and the ascendency of the
+Bolsheviks. When she learns that the Czar and his family have been killed by the
+communists she is grief stricken and mortified.
+She narrowly survives the revolution and afterwards is befriended by her old circus
+colleagues. She continues to work in the circus community and teaches riding during
+the period of communist rule. In the 1920’s and 1930’s she spends some more time in
+prison or in a gulag. During the 1930’s she makes amends with Natasha who, over the
+course of time, has changed her views about the communists and the monarchy.
+Natasha helps her escape Russia. She comes to the USA in 1941, meets her
+grandchildren and makes peace with Herve. The theme of her later life will be
+reconciliation with Natasha, Herve, the revolution and the czar.
+Natasha - Natasha (surname TBD) grows up as a servant/companion of Lillya in the
+wealthy family of Yuri and Angelika Englehart. She was born to Angelika’s maid as a
+result of an affair between the maid and Michael, Yuri’s cousin. She is the same age as
+Lillya, but is sent away to Odessa by Yuri at age 16 because he doesn’t want this secret
+bastard cousin to be part of Lillya’s emerging adult life. Natasha matures with her
+mother in Odessa, learns from her mother that Yuri’s cousin Michael is her father but is
+warned not to tell Lillya about this. Perhaps Michael visits and supports the young
+Natasha because she is his only child. We need to learn more about Natasha’s mother
+– her name and background in Perm.
+1
+As Natasha grows to adulthood in the 1890’s in Odessa, she has a career as a
+translator, linguist and writer. We know from the childhood scenes that she has an
+eidetic memory and a knack for learning languages. During this time, she marries and
+has 3 children. She is a political activist and works toward the revolution in 1905 and
+1917 – perhaps she is a witness to the events surrounding the mutiny on the Battleship
+Potemkin in Odessa in 1905 and the subsequent massacre on the steps.
+Natasha resents how she was treated by her father Michael and Lillya’s father Yuri. She
+holds a grudge against Lillya and her class for most of her life and this motivates her
+political activism. She becomes a member of the communist party and perhaps a
+powerful apparatchik but becomes estranged from the communists after the Holodomor
+and Stalin’s purges. She is appalled when Stalin enters WW2 on the side of the Nazi’s
+but when Germany invades Russia in 1941 she joins the fight against them. She works
+for the Soviet government in WW2, perhaps with the Americans on the Lend Lease
+arrangements. She reconciles with Lillya and helps her escape to America. She decides
+to remain in Russia to carry on the fight.
+Angelika Englehart – Lillya’s mother and Yuri’s wife who suffers from mental illness. She
+had a youthful flirtation with Yuri’s cousin Michael that causes him to have a dalliance
+with her maid (name TBD) who gives birth to Natasha. Angelika loves the baby so much
+that she brings young Natasha into her home to be a kind of sister to Lillya – never
+revealing that Natasha is Lillya’s cousin. She dies when Lillya is a young child.
+Yuri Englehart - Lillya’s father whose overprotective nature causes problems for Lillya.
+He indulges her and Natasha as children as well as his wife Angelika. He whisks Lillya
+away from France when he learns of her interaction with Herve and destroys his letters
+to her and does the same for any correspondence between Lillya and Natasha.
+Anton Vronsky - Lillya’s wire-walking, circus leading husband and father of Vladimir. His
+father is Dmitri, owner of the Vronsky family circus. His wife is the horsewoman Petra,
+Vladimir’s mother.Yuri Englehart and Anton Vronskywill both die at the hands of the
+Reds.
+Michael Englehart - Yuri’s cousin falls in love with Yuri’s wife Angelika and in an attempt
+to make her jealous he will have an affair with her maid (name TBD) who gives birth to
+Natasha. His wife Greta does not bear him any children. He secretly spends time with
+Natasha and her mother.  He will be betrayed to the Red Army in 1917 by Greta
+because of her bitterness surrounding his love of Natasha and her children. He is killed
+by the Reds.
+Greta Englehart - Wife of Michael. She has a long simmering resentment of the cavalier
+behavior of Yuri and Michael. Michael married her for money after Angelika rejected him
+and she never bears him any children. She betrays Michael, Anton and Lillya to the
+Reds at the encouragement of Helena.
+2
+Helena - Wife of Nikolai, the Kungur priest who first suggests to Greta that she can turn
+Michael over the the reds and survive on the Englehart family jewels. Perhaps Helena
+later betrays Greta to the Reds.
+Herve Laurent Fleury – As a young cadet at the Cadre Noir hefalls deeply in love with
+Lillya. He asks her to marry him and gives her his most precious possession, an
+emerald brooch that he inherited from his patron, an old French cavalry officer. He is
+heartbroken when she leaves him and is deeply embittered by his experience with her.
+He spends nearly his entire life filled with resentment – as is depicted in Circus of the
+Queens. He comes to terms with it and redeems himself at the end of Circus but he is
+quite surprised when Lillya comes to visit him in Charleston at the end of the second
+book. They have a quiet reconciliation in the final scene.
+Prisoners, Guards, and other additional characters with names like Julietta, Paul Blatsky
+and Katrina and the group of women that Lillya joins in an abandoned shed are used as
+needed. They are mentioned only once and can be expanded or deleted.
+Story Outline
+The book is composed of two alternating time lines in the life of Lillya one on the odd
+numbered chapters and one on the even numbered chapters. The book has a short
+prologue of Lillya riding like Pegasus flying, then 52 numbered chapters and an
+epilogue – similar to the structure of Circus of the Queens.
+The odd numbered timeline begins with the party at the palace in December 1916 and
+ends with Lillya meeting Herve/Laurent again in November 1941. This timeline must be
+augmented with information about Lillya being captured by the Red Army in 1917 and
+what follows in her life in communist ruled Russia in the 1920’s and 1930’s. This period
+will include Lillya surviving as a circus performer and riding teacher in Soviet Petrograd.
+Eventually, Natasha will find her, reconcile and help her get to America in 1941 by,
+perhaps arranging travel to the UK on a Lend Lease convoy returning from Arkangel.
+She will fly to Gander, New Foundland with US pilots returning from delivering bombers
+to England. She may meet a young Russian stowaway on the ship who she brings
+along with her to Savannah. Finally, Lillya will have a scene in Charleston with
+Herve/Laurent. This chapter will be #53 but named Epilogue.
+The other timeline on the even numbered chapters begins with Lillya and Natasha
+playing as very young children in about 1875. Lillya was born around 1868 and her
+experience with Herve takes place around 1884. She marries Anton in 1885 and gives
+birth to Vladimir in 1887. (These dates can be shifted a bit. The only fixed date in both
+books is that in Circus of the Queens Donatalia is born around 1891. She dances at the
+Winter Palace with Vladimir in 1904 (when he is 3 or 4 years older than she?). Lillya has
+become a friend of Donatalia’s mother Katya a dancer married to Pele Petrovsky. One
+day Katya is given the emerald brooch that Herve had slipped into Lillya’s pocket.
+Perhaps Pele or Katya admired it. She does tell them that it was the gift of a special
+friend (or something like that). Donatalia is given the brooch by her mother and she
+3
+admires it. Consequently, it gets packed into her suitcase by herself before she goes to
+America in 1905. Herve/Laurent the man who gave Lillya that same brooch is
+coincidentally on the same boat.
+Lillya has a charmed life in the 1890’s and first years of the new century but after 1905
+things begin to crumble. Vladimir and the Vronsky family circus are sent to America in
+1905 but Lillya and Anton stay and share their life with the Czar’s family. They send
+some of their family jewels to Vladimir in 1916 and these are only found years later in
+Circus. More needs to be written to cover the years between 1905 and 1917 - especially
+about the Bloody Sunday of 1905, the mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin and the killing
+of peasants on the Odessa Steps. These events might be witnessed and written about
+by a 35 year old Natasha. Lillya and Anton sent their son to America in 1905 and during
+the next 12 years they read letters and newspaper clippings about the circus. They
+learn about Vladimir’s four daughters and that he has renamed the circus as “The
+Circus of the Queens” – they are joyful. We should expand on Lillya’s adult relationship
+with Natasha and the story of Michael and Natasha’s mother. Perhaps, Lillya and
+Natasha meet again after many years – neither realizing that Yuri destroyed the letters
+sent between them as teenagers. Just as he had done with Laurent’s letters to Lillya.
+They become estranged because Lillya doesn’t know that Michael is Natasha’s father
+and that she and Natasha are cousins. Perhaps Lillya introduces Natasha as the
+daughter of her childhood maid and Natasha is offended.
+The childhood timeline on the even numbers ends in chapter 52 about where the other
+timeline begins in chapter 1, perhaps just before the scene at the big party that opens
+the book. This chapter will reveal why Lillya and Anton felt they had to make an
+appearance at the party - perhaps they have realized that imperial Russia is coming to
+an end. Perhaps that night Rasputin will be murdered and in the following days they are
+barred from the company of the Royal family. The February revolution and the
+abdication of the Czar must be covered in one timeline or the other and should be
+positioned to have the best dramatic effect perhaps straddling both. This time period is
+the pivotal moment in the collapse of the Romanov dynasty. Reference can be made to
+the day in February 1917 when the Petrograd Garrison troops refuse to fire on the
+protesters, shoot their own officers and join the revolution. The Czar abdicated four
+days later bringing an end to 300 years of monarchy.
+An additional note that can be applied to the story in several places:
+All the Russian characters regard the United States as the obvious destination for an
+escape from Russia. They have an idealized and affectionate view of the USA based
+upon literature, movies and media. One or more of the characters in Lillya has an avid
+interest in the history of the United States and its relationship with Russia. Perhaps the
+young Vladimir studies maps of North America and observes that the Russian empire
+once included Alaska and much of the northwest coast of America going as far south as
+Fort Ross in Northern California. He laments the sale of Alaska to the USA in 1867. Just
+think, Russia could have had a border with California!  Perhaps, Natasha reads the
+works of Thomas Paine, Jefferson, Hamilton, Mark Twain and others and loves
+American Wild West stories and movies like Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. She notes
+4
+that the Russian Czarina, Catherine the Great helped the US in the Revolutionary War
+and Czar Alexander II helped President Lincoln in the US Civil War. In turn, the US
+provided Lend Lease support to the Russians fighting the Germans in WW1 as they will
+also do in WW2.
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+# Manuscripts Directory
+This directory contains the original manuscripts and reference materials for *The Shadow of Lillya* project.
+## Directory Structure
+```
+manuscripts/
+├── Circus_of_the_Queens/     # Complete novel by Audrey Berger Welz
+│   ├── Circus_of_the_Queens.pdf
+│   ├── Circus_of_the_Queens.md
+│   ├── Circus_of_the_Queens.txt (optional)
+│   └── [original Word documents]
+├── Shadow_of_Lillya/          # Draft manuscript to be completed
+│   ├── Shadow_of_Lillya_Draft.pdf
+│   ├── Shadow_of_Lillya_Draft.md
+│   ├── Shadow_of_Lillya_Draft.txt (optional)
+│   ├── character_notes.md
+│   ├── plot_outline.md
+│   └── [original Word documents]
+└── README.md
+```
+## File Organization
+Each manuscript has its own subdirectory containing:
+- **PDF files** - For beautiful display in the web interface
+- **Markdown files** - For LLM processing and analysis
+- **Text files** - For maximum compatibility (optional)
+- **Original Word documents** - Source material
+## File Formats
+Supported formats:
+- **PDF** - For complete manuscripts (display purposes)
+- **Markdown (.md)** - For LLM processing and easy editing
+- **Text (.txt)** - Plain text for maximum compatibility
+- **Word (.doc/.docx)** - Original source files
+## Usage
+The application will look for these files to provide context for the LLM completion attempts. Organize your files in the appropriate subdirectories for best results.

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+The Shadow of Lillya Outline
+Chapter
+Subject
+Time
+Place
+Start PagLength
+Prologue
+Shadow
+Unstated
+Unstated
+3
+1
+1 Palace ball, Lillya & Anton's history
+January, 1917
+Winter Palace
+4
+4
+2 Lillya and Natasha playmates, age 7
+June, 1877
+Yuri's Townhouse
+8
+5
+3 Yuri, Anton and Lillya plan escape
+February, 1918
+Yuri's estate
+13
+6
+4 Angelika dies, Natasha and Lillya bond
+June, 1877
+Yuri's estate
+19
+7
+5 Lillya & Anton to Kungar, Yuri gives diary March, 1918
+Yuri's estate
+26
+6
+6 Lillya mesmerizes a boy riding
+May, 1884
+Yuri's estate
+32
+5
+7 Journey to Kungar begins
+March, 1918
+Road to Kungar
+37
+8
+Natasha in intelligence unit of Red Army March, 1918
+Red Army HQ
+8 Petra & Dmitri Vronsky Visit to Estate
+January, 1886
+Yuri's estate
+45
+6
+9 Journey to Kungar
+May, 1918
+Road to Kungar
+51
+5
+Natasha assigned to Dvina front
+May, 1918
+Dvina Front
+10 Yuri plans France trip, Vronsky Circus visit February, 1886
+Yuri's estate
+56
+4
+11 Journey to Kungar
+May, 1918
+Road to Kungar
+60
+6
+Natasha at Arkangelsk
+May, 1918
+Dvina Front
+12 Lillya prepares to attend Vronsky Circus
+March, 1886
+Yuri's estate
+66
+6
+Lillya attends circus meets Anton
+March, 1886
+Vronsky Circus
+13 Journey to Kungar
+June, 1918
+Road to Kungar
+72
+5
+Natasha learns of her son's death in war June, 1918
+Dvina Front
+14 Lillya gets an invitation to ride from Petra April, 1886
+Yuri's estate
+77
+5
+Lillya meets Anton behind barn, first kiss April, 1886
+Yuri's estate
+15 Journey to Kungar boulder incident
+June, 1918
+Road to Kungar
+82
+5
+16 Lillya goes riding with Petra
+April, 1886
+Vronsky Circus
+87
+4
+Lillya delerious about visit with Petra
+April, 1886
+Yuri's estate
+Natasha recalls her visit to dressmaker
+April, 1886
+Yuri's estate
+17 Lillya & Anton arrive in Kungar
+June, 1918
+Road to Kungar
+91
+7
+18 Yuri plans trip, Lillya conflicted
+May, 1886
+Yuri's Estate
+98
+4
+Yuri talks w/Sonya about leaving
+May, 1886
+Yuri's Office
+19 Lillya & Anton settle into Kungar life
+June, 1918
+Kungar House
+102
+7
+20 Chateaux Summer in France
+May, 1886
+Chateaux in Loire V
+109
+7
+21 Kungar Learns of the Tsar's death
+June, 1918
+Kungar House
+116
+7
+Natasha w/Army learns of Tsar's death
+June, 1918
+Dvina Front
+22 Lillya meets Laurent at Cadre Noir
+June, 1886
+Chateaux in Loire V
+123
+7
+23 Lillya reads about Michael in the diary
+August, 1918
+Kungar House
+130
+8
+Natasha proposes plan to attack AmericanAugust, 1918
+Dvina Front
+24 Laurent kisses Lillya, Yuri whisks her awayAugust, 1886
+Chateaux
+138
+4
+25 Lillya reads more journal in Kungar
+August, 1918
+Kungar House
+142
+6
+26 Lillya returns, practices dressage
+August, 1886
+Paris Train & Yuri's
+148
+5
+27 Lillya learns the secret of Natasha's birth August, 1918
+Kungar House
+153
+4
+28 Lillya Joins the Vronsky Circus
+October, 1886
+Yuri's Estate & Circ
+157
+4
+29 Lillya keeps secret of Michael & Natasha September, 1918 Kungar House
+161
+8
+Vaga River battle
+September, 1918 Vaga River
+30 Lillya's circus debut
+March, 1887
+St. Petersburg
+169
+6
+31 Lillya reveals she knows secret of NatashaSeptember, 1918 Kungar House
+175
+7
+32 Natasha sent to Odessa w/Sonya
+April, 1887
+St. Petersburg
+182
+7
+33 Lillya captured by Red Army taken to prisoNovember, 1918 Kungar House
+189
+5
+34 Lillya thrives as riding teacher to nobility April, 1887
+St. Petersburg
+194
+6
+Yuri reads of Ulyanov's execution
+April, 1887
+Yuri's estate
+Natasha writes Lillya, Yuri destroys it
+April, 1887
+Odessa
+35 Lillya on journey to prison
+December, 1918 Road to Petrograd
+200
+5
+36 Natasha settles in Odessa
+July, 1887
+Odessa
+205
+7
+37 Lillya enters prison
+December, 1918 Petrograd
+212
+8
+38 Natasha & Peskov incidents
+October, 1888
+Odessa
+220
+9
+39 Lillya befriended by guard & Capt. Blatsky April, 1919
+Petrograd
+229
+5
+40 Sonya reveals birth secret to Natasha
+October, 1887
+Odessa
+234
+6
+41 Lillya meets Julietta, escapes prison
+June, 1919
+Petrograd
+240
+5
+42 Natasha performs, meets Rafi
+May, 1890
+Odessa
+245
+8
+43 Lillya is hidden by old circus friends
+June, 1919
+Petrograd
+253
+5
+Lillya sees Gretta, Lana, Helena, they run May, 1926
+Leningrad
+Lillya in new circus, is ratted out & arresteJune, 1926
+Leningrad
+Lillya sent to Solovetsky Island
+June, 1926
+Leningrad
+44 Natasha, Rafi marriage & gambling loss
+January, 1892
+Odessa
+258
+8
+Natasha assists US famine relief
+June, 1892
+Odessa
+Natasha publishes first article
+August, 1892
+Odessa
+45 Lillya is released from Solovetsky Island
+May, 1941
+Solovetsky Island
+266
+4
+Lillya starts on road to Perm
+May, 1941
+Road to Perm
+46 Lillya and Yuri attend Coronation
+May, 1896
+Moscow
+270
+4
+Laurent hears of Lillya's fame
+June, 1898
+Cadre Noir
+Lillya falls and loses a child
+June, 1898
+St. Petersburg
+47 Natasha in Perm
+March, 1941
+Perm
+274
+4
+Natasha on train to Perm from Moscow
+August, 1941
+Train
+48 Vladimir & Donatalia dance for Tsar
+October, 1904
+Winter Palace
+278
+15
+Lillya has tea with Donatalia
+October, 1904
+St. Petersburg
+Bloody Sunday
+January, 1905
+St. Petersburg
+Assassination of Archduke Sergei
+February, 1905
+St. Petersburg
+News of defeat of Baltic Fleet
+May, 1905
+St. Petersburg
+Potemkin massacre
+October, 1905
+Odessa
+Rafi sentenced to Siberia for Ivan's crimesJune, 1909
+Odessa
+49 Lillya and Katrina on road to Perm
+July, 1941
+Road to Perm
+290
+6
+50 Lillya remembers Vladimir's childhood
+May, 1909
+St. Petersburg
+296
+15
+Vladimir leaves Russia, marries Bella
+March, 1910
+St. Petersburg
+Vladimir's letter re Donatalia
+April, 1911
+St. Petersburg
+World War 1 begins
+August, 1914
+Petrograd
+Vronsky family jewels sent to USA
+October, 1916
+Petrograd
+51 Lillya arrives at Natasha's in Perm
+August, 1941
+Perm
+311
+9
+Lillya flies to America, reaches Savannah September, 1941 Gander, Savannah
+52 Lillya & Anton at the Palace Ball
+January, 1917
+Petrograd
+320
+10
+Natasha at Narva Gate Massacre
+February, 1917
+Petrograd
+February-October Revolutions
+February, 1917
+Petrograd
+Yuri arrested and tried
+February, 1918
+Petrograd
+Natasha visits Yuri in Prison
+March, 1919
+Petrograd
+Epilogue
+Lillya celebrates Thanksgiving
+September, 1941 Savannah, GA
+330
+6
+Lillya learns of Laurent via brooch
+November, 1941 Savannah, GA
+Lillya visits & reconciles w/Laurent
+November, 1941 Charleston, SC
+The End
+336
+336

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+# Edited Version - Sent to Tyson Cornell
+This directory contains the **edited version** of *The Shadow of Lillya* (~100 pages) that Audrey Berger Welz sent to **Tyson Cornell** at Rare Bird Books.
+## Expected Files
+### Source File
+- `Shadow_of_Lillya_Edited.docx` - Original Word document sent to editor
+### Converted Formats
+- `Shadow_of_Lillya_Edited.pdf` - PDF version for display
+- `Shadow_of_Lillya_Edited.md` - Markdown version for LLM processing
+- `Shadow_of_Lillya_Edited.txt` - Plain text version (optional)
+## About This Version
+This is the more polished version of the manuscript that Audrey prepared for her editor. It represents her refined work and should be considered the primary reference for:
+- Character development
+- Plot structure
+- Writing style and voice
+- Thematic elements
+## Usage
+This version will be used as the primary reference material for LLM completion attempts, as it represents Audrey's most developed vision for the novel.

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