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Page 19
The silence of the fields, untouched by a single sound apart from the distant hoot
of the departing train, enveloped me. I stood for a while under the old elms on the
platform and sniffed the long-forgotten smell of tar coming from cart-wheels.
The silence of the fields, untouched by a single sound apart from the distant hoot
of the departing train, enveloped me. I stood for a while under the old elms on the
platform and sniffed the long-forgotten smell of tar coming from cart-wheels.
Page 20
The main presence in the house, and the fields around, was absolute silence.
Occasionally it was broken by the hum of a bumble-bee. It flew round the rooms
as if it were the landlord. After buzzing and bustling to its heart's content it would
fly ...
The main presence in the house, and the fields around, was absolute silence.
Occasionally it was broken by the hum of a bumble-bee. It flew round the rooms
as if it were the landlord. After buzzing and bustling to its heart's content it would
fly ...
Page 53
Silence reigned supreme over the city. Even locomotives on distant railway lines
no longer hooted as was their wont. The country was advancing towards the
raised bier in which, among the flowers and crimson flags, the haggard face of a
...
Silence reigned supreme over the city. Even locomotives on distant railway lines
no longer hooted as was their wont. The country was advancing towards the
raised bier in which, among the flowers and crimson flags, the haggard face of a
...
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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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