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Page 11
Kerensky dashed about the country, trying to hold it together by his feverish
eloquence. What he lacked in strength of ideas and conviction, he tried to make
up for by pompous phrases, dramatic postures, grandiloquent but ill-timed
gestures.
Kerensky dashed about the country, trying to hold it together by his feverish
eloquence. What he lacked in strength of ideas and conviction, he tried to make
up for by pompous phrases, dramatic postures, grandiloquent but ill-timed
gestures.
Page 160
Konstantin Paustovsky. He didn't greet the regiment. Standing among the great,
he was trying to engage them in conversation, but everyone snubbed him. The
first speaker was Rakovsky. He was kind, considerate, reassuring. He told the
men ...
Konstantin Paustovsky. He didn't greet the regiment. Standing among the great,
he was trying to engage them in conversation, but everyone snubbed him. The
first speaker was Rakovsky. He was kind, considerate, reassuring. He told the
men ...
Page 181
The priests were trying to reach Poland by an extraordinarily roundabout route —
Istanbul, Salonika, Belgrade and Budapest. Needless to say, we could not
believe that even one of them would get there alive. One warm autumn morning,
...
The priests were trying to reach Poland by an extraordinarily roundabout route —
Istanbul, Salonika, Belgrade and Budapest. Needless to say, we could not
believe that even one of them would get there alive. One warm autumn morning,
...
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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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