The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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... land of the land- lords and the monasteries had been taken over by the peasants and it was difficult to cope with it all . There was practically no machinery in existence . Grain and hay were harvested by hand . The entire village life ...
... land of the land- lords and the monasteries had been taken over by the peasants and it was difficult to cope with it all . There was practically no machinery in existence . Grain and hay were harvested by hand . The entire village life ...
Page 96
... land as if he were its owner , not for himself , but for the sake of art and future generations . He guarded it because he knew the ennobling power of virginal land . He wanted to preserve for mankind something , if only in bits and ...
... land as if he were its owner , not for himself , but for the sake of art and future generations . He guarded it because he knew the ennobling power of virginal land . He wanted to preserve for mankind something , if only in bits and ...
Page 169
... lands entirely unknown ( at least to many people , including me ) . There , into the dark stretched out ancient ... land , and therefore considered happy . In ' far - off Biarmia ' there were many precious stones . Its emeralds were ...
... lands entirely unknown ( at least to many people , including me ) . There , into the dark stretched out ancient ... land , and therefore considered happy . In ' far - off Biarmia ' there were many precious stones . Its emeralds were ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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