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Page 168
All this life on the building site took place in the darkness of the polar night. It was
December - the north's darkest month. At first, that long night appealed to me. In
the morning frost, voices had a special ring to them as they called out to each ...
All this life on the building site took place in the darkness of the polar night. It was
December - the north's darkest month. At first, that long night appealed to me. In
the morning frost, voices had a special ring to them as they called out to each ...
Page 170
It was night by the time we sped into the streets of Solikamsk. Past us rushed
lonely and bright electric lamp-posts, low stone houses like chandlers' shops,
white alabaster churches, cast-iron plates hanging on low posts at street corners.
It was night by the time we sped into the streets of Solikamsk. Past us rushed
lonely and bright electric lamp-posts, low stone houses like chandlers' shops,
white alabaster churches, cast-iron plates hanging on low posts at street corners.
Page 201
I came to in the Botkin hospital in Moscow in the middle of the night. I was lying in
bed under an open window, and through it came a strong smell of lime trees in
full bloom in the garden. It was only in hospital that I learned from old Professor ...
I came to in the Botkin hospital in Moscow in the middle of the night. I was lying in
bed under an open window, and through it came a strong smell of lime trees in
full bloom in the garden. It was only in hospital that I learned from old Professor ...
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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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