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Page 17
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
and removed his forces from the southern approaches of the city towards Orel .
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
...
and removed his forces from the southern approaches of the city towards Orel .
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
...
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 ...
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 ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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| 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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