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Page 41
Just before it left Moscow station the conductor would go through the carriages
and corral all the passengers into one carriage – for their own security . There
was a great deal of looting in suburban trains ( ʻundressing ' it was called at the
time ) ...
Just before it left Moscow station the conductor would go through the carriages
and corral all the passengers into one carriage – for their own security . There
was a great deal of looting in suburban trains ( ʻundressing ' it was called at the
time ) ...
Page 50
It was midnight by the time I reached the station and took the train to Pushkino ,
where I was immediately enveloped by its deserted atmosphere , by silence and
by darkness . I fell asleep immediately I got into bed and in the morning , while it ...
It was midnight by the time I reached the station and took the train to Pushkino ,
where I was immediately enveloped by its deserted atmosphere , by silence and
by darkness . I fell asleep immediately I got into bed and in the morning , while it ...
Page 154
... game for the hunt . We took our places in the truck not in Astrakhan , but in the
dry , grey hamlet of Kalmytsky Bazar on the right bank of the Volga . Just before
we left , the head of the car station entered the names of all us passengers into ...
... game for the hunt . We took our places in the truck not in Astrakhan , but in the
dry , grey hamlet of Kalmytsky Bazar on the right bank of the Volga . Just before
we left , the head of the car station entered the names of all us passengers into ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life, Volume 6 Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1974 |
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