The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 137
... young wife , to become a schoolmaster . Quite by chance , he read my ' Ephemeral Paris ' in an issue of the magazine ... young mother with her grey Russian eyes would be the fond centre of general attention , the young father ...
... young wife , to become a schoolmaster . Quite by chance , he read my ' Ephemeral Paris ' in an issue of the magazine ... young mother with her grey Russian eyes would be the fond centre of general attention , the young father ...
Page 138
... young neighbour of mine at table , a sentimental and talkative man somehow a little drunk by then - would keep assuring me that since his tenderest years he had been in love with foggy , frosty Russia and even on sunny days ( of which ...
... young neighbour of mine at table , a sentimental and talkative man somehow a little drunk by then - would keep assuring me that since his tenderest years he had been in love with foggy , frosty Russia and even on sunny days ( of which ...
Page 147
... young Frenchman with a high complexion - the shop - owner - finally emerged without undue haste from a back room holding a napkin in his hand . When he discovered we were Russians he threw up his hands and with a desperate cry ...
... young Frenchman with a high complexion - the shop - owner - finally emerged without undue haste from a back room holding a napkin in his hand . When he discovered we were Russians he threw up his hands and with a desperate cry ...
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Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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