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Page 78
Looking out, I could see the edge of Theatre Square and the side-wall of the
Metro- pole. Bent double, Red soldiers were running towards it from the direction
of the Town Hall; every few steps, they flung themselves on the ground and a
spurt ...
Looking out, I could see the edge of Theatre Square and the side-wall of the
Metro- pole. Bent double, Red soldiers were running towards it from the direction
of the Town Hall; every few steps, they flung themselves on the ground and a
spurt ...
Page 163
... and hope, and side by side with it, Morgenstern's 'fiend of hell', Antoshchenko,
a raving, bloodthirsty, crazy-eyed fanatic. How thin was the civilised crust, how
bottomless the savagery beneath it! Human reason would plumb it in the long run
.
... and hope, and side by side with it, Morgenstern's 'fiend of hell', Antoshchenko,
a raving, bloodthirsty, crazy-eyed fanatic. How thin was the civilised crust, how
bottomless the savagery beneath it! Human reason would plumb it in the long run
.
Page 210
The large gardens on one side backed onto the cliff-edge and the sea. The solid
walls offered no protection, no cover. Walking about the town in those days, we
all automatically looked carefully down the street for cover to run to if firing broke
...
The large gardens on one side backed onto the cliff-edge and the sea. The solid
walls offered no protection, no cover. Walking about the town in those days, we
all automatically looked carefully down the street for cover to run to if firing broke
...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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Antoshchenko arms army asked began believe broken bullet burst called Commander course crowd danger dark don't door empty everything eyes face felt fire floor flowers followed front garden gave German girl give Government grey guard hall hand happened head heard journalists keep Kiev knew later leave light listen lived looked Mama Mensheviks mind morning Moscow moved never night notice once past pulled quiet regiment round running Russia seemed seen short shot shouted showed side silence sitting smell smiled smoke soldiers soon sound Soviet square station stood stopped street suddenly talk tell things thought told took town train trees trying turned Ukrainian voice waiting walked wall whole wind window woman women write yard young
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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