The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 48
... brought the besprizorniki back with us to the cottage the stove was still warm . The store - room had old straw mattresses in striped covers lying in it . We spread them out on the floor next to the stove . The besprizorniki sat on the ...
... brought the besprizorniki back with us to the cottage the stove was still warm . The store - room had old straw mattresses in striped covers lying in it . We spread them out on the floor next to the stove . The besprizorniki sat on the ...
Page 143
... brought another waiter - grey - haired and benevolent . " There ! ' he said and with an air of triumph showed us his col- league , who looked embarrassed and then suddenly and almost without an accent quoted a Russian nonsense rhyme ...
... brought another waiter - grey - haired and benevolent . " There ! ' he said and with an air of triumph showed us his col- league , who looked embarrassed and then suddenly and almost without an accent quoted a Russian nonsense rhyme ...
Page 147
... brought out of there a pretty young woman , his wife , to introduce her to Russians . Françoise was presumably washing her clothes . She blushed and mumbled excuses as she dried her hands on her apron . Then she brought her little girl ...
... brought out of there a pretty young woman , his wife , to introduce her to Russians . Françoise was presumably washing her clothes . She blushed and mumbled excuses as she dried her hands on her apron . Then she brought her little girl ...
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Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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