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Page 107
In the house I went to in Livny, lived the widow of a doctor, Shatsky by name,
together with her daughter, also a doctor, and her geologist son. After an
expedition to the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea the geologist, Alexey,
suffered an acute ...
In the house I went to in Livny, lived the widow of a doctor, Shatsky by name,
together with her daughter, also a doctor, and her geologist son. After an
expedition to the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea the geologist, Alexey,
suffered an acute ...
Page 109
The geologist explained it by saying that at Livny, Bystraya Sosna flowed through
thick strata of Devonian limestone and the limestone conserved the heat of
epochs many millions of years old. That heat oozed out of the soil and poisoned
the ...
The geologist explained it by saying that at Livny, Bystraya Sosna flowed through
thick strata of Devonian limestone and the limestone conserved the heat of
epochs many millions of years old. That heat oozed out of the soil and poisoned
the ...
Page 116
And when three years later I finally made the journey and had started on the book
, I visited Livny once again, though I do not know why. Perhaps because the
country round Livny was the direct opposite of the Transcaspian desert. In Livny ...
And when three years later I finally made the journey and had started on the book
, I visited Livny once again, though I do not know why. Perhaps because the
country round Livny was the direct opposite of the Transcaspian desert. In Livny ...
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3 The Fourth Strip | 29 |
4 Night Trains | 40 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life, Volume 6 Story of a Life, Story of a Life |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1974 |
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