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The whole town was on its feet. Houses stood empty. All night long, people talked
themselves hoarse at meetings, argued, wandering sleeplessly about the streets,
sitting in the squares or squatting on the pavements. Strangers, thrown ...
The whole town was on its feet. Houses stood empty. All night long, people talked
themselves hoarse at meetings, argued, wandering sleeplessly about the streets,
sitting in the squares or squatting on the pavements. Strangers, thrown ...
Page 173
Dazed and sickened by all the sudden changes and 'upheavals', the population
hardly cared who controlled the town, so long as not too many people were shot,
robbed or driven from their homes. So the arrival of the Petlyurists was greeted ...
Dazed and sickened by all the sudden changes and 'upheavals', the population
hardly cared who controlled the town, so long as not too many people were shot,
robbed or driven from their homes. So the arrival of the Petlyurists was greeted ...
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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