Story of a Life, Volume 5Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 51
... Galya , Lelia , a series of deaths and misfortunes . Even now , at a distance of several years , I did not want to believe in Lelia's death . The very existence of death seemed to me a mockery . I considered that no living beings who ...
... Galya , Lelia , a series of deaths and misfortunes . Even now , at a distance of several years , I did not want to believe in Lelia's death . The very existence of death seemed to me a mockery . I considered that no living beings who ...
Page 79
... Galya , but I had been cast so far away from them and our letters to each other were so rare and so short that it was as if we were trying with great difficulty to shout to each other across a wide and noisy river and could hardly ...
... Galya , but I had been cast so far away from them and our letters to each other were so rare and so short that it was as if we were trying with great difficulty to shout to each other across a wide and noisy river and could hardly ...
Page 223
... Galya ? Only they could forgive me . Had it been possible , I should have called mother , I should have asked her for help and protection . In fact , I may have shouted out something , for a bearded man with a huge copper disc on his ...
... Galya ? Only they could forgive me . Had it been possible , I should have called mother , I should have asked her for help and protection . In fact , I may have shouted out something , for a bearded man with a huge copper disc on his ...
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My Thanks to a Reader | 9 |
The Tobacco Republic | 13 |
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