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Page 48
Taking off his shabby, old-fashioned overcoat with its velvet collar, he carefully
hung it on a peg — and the room filled with the sound of furious miaowing.
Shchelkunov had a habit of picking up stray kittens in the street and carrying
them about ...
Taking off his shabby, old-fashioned overcoat with its velvet collar, he carefully
hung it on a peg — and the room filled with the sound of furious miaowing.
Shchelkunov had a habit of picking up stray kittens in the street and carrying
them about ...
Page 90
A faded, blue and yellow flag hung limply from a pole tied to the railing of the
balcony. On the balcony, washing was hung out to dry, and the Consul's baby
slept in its pram. An old Nanny sat beside it, joggling the pram with her foot and
singing ...
A faded, blue and yellow flag hung limply from a pole tied to the railing of the
balcony. On the balcony, washing was hung out to dry, and the Consul's baby
slept in its pram. An old Nanny sat beside it, joggling the pram with her foot and
singing ...
Page 195
I saw young men roaring with laughter, hung all over with weapons — curved
sabres, broadswords, naval silver-hilted daggers, rifles, revolvers, cartridge belts.
Streaming in the wind, enormous red and black ribbons flew from peaked caps, ...
I saw young men roaring with laughter, hung all over with weapons — curved
sabres, broadswords, naval silver-hilted daggers, rifles, revolvers, cartridge belts.
Streaming in the wind, enormous red and black ribbons flew from peaked caps, ...
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Contents
Whirlpool pagej 2 Blue Torches | 23 |
3 The Journalists Cafe | 56 |
4 The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1967 |
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