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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 142
Even the artillery fire had died down — there was only the sound of wheels
rumbling in the distance. From the quality of this sound, the more knowledgeable
citizens judged that army convoys were hurriedly withdrawing from the city. And
so ...
Even the artillery fire had died down — there was only the sound of wheels
rumbling in the distance. From the quality of this sound, the more knowledgeable
citizens judged that army convoys were hurriedly withdrawing from the city. And
so ...
Page 220
Only the sound of the 'International' drifted faintly from the town. A jet of steam,
spurting up at the grey sky, and a hoarse, quavering whistle came from the bridge
of one of the ships. Immediately taking up the sound, all the other ships chorused
...
Only the sound of the 'International' drifted faintly from the town. A jet of steam,
spurting up at the grey sky, and a hoarse, quavering whistle came from the bridge
of one of the ships. Immediately taking up the sound, all the other ships chorused
...
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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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