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Page 82
limans - wide, shallow, with a clear greenish water and low-lying grassy banks.
From then on the desire to see the limans and stay for a while on their banks was
added to the many other, equally useless desires which filled my life. The very ...
limans - wide, shallow, with a clear greenish water and low-lying grassy banks.
From then on the desire to see the limans and stay for a while on their banks was
added to the many other, equally useless desires which filled my life. The very ...
Page 127
One late afternoon he and I were sitting on the deserted bank of the river Oka
near the ferryman's cottage. Behind us, lush and green, were the steep hills of the
right bank. It was that ancient bank so intimately bound up with Russia's history, ...
One late afternoon he and I were sitting on the deserted bank of the river Oka
near the ferryman's cottage. Behind us, lush and green, were the steep hills of the
right bank. It was that ancient bank so intimately bound up with Russia's history, ...
Page 187
The river banks rang with the trill of nightingales. It drowned the flip-flop of the
ship's paddles and all the other sounds of the night. The strains of the
nightingales' song reached us without intermission from the wet shrubs and the
thick bushes ...
The river banks rang with the trill of nightingales. It drowned the flip-flop of the
ship's paddles and all the other sounds of the night. The strains of the
nightingales' song reached us without intermission from the wet shrubs and the
thick bushes ...
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The Last Meeting | 13 |
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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