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Page 21
The house was surrounded by a garden which had grown as it thought fit, and
was therefore extraordinarily picturesque. Huge burdocks, like elephant's ears,
grew next to nettles as tall as a man. In the daytime the leaves in the garden hung
...
The house was surrounded by a garden which had grown as it thought fit, and
was therefore extraordinarily picturesque. Huge burdocks, like elephant's ears,
grew next to nettles as tall as a man. In the daytime the leaves in the garden hung
...
Page 108
The garden outside, and beyond the garden - the railway, the station, the
occasional rattle of goods trains and the loud puffing of old engines. I always
thought that when they were near their stations they made it their business to puff
so ...
The garden outside, and beyond the garden - the railway, the station, the
occasional rattle of goods trains and the loud puffing of old engines. I always
thought that when they were near their stations they made it their business to puff
so ...
Page 203
I guessed that the soldier had entered the ward through the garden, taking
advantage of the nurse's temporary absence. (The small hospital block in which I
was stood in a garden, and as it was summer the door leading from the corridor
into ...
I guessed that the soldier had entered the ward through the garden, taking
advantage of the nurse's temporary absence. (The small hospital block in which I
was stood in a garden, and as it was summer the door leading from the corridor
into ...
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Contents
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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