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Page 91
I heard that some Petrograd journalists, reporters for cheap gossip rags, were
going to the Ukraine. Their documents were in order. A Moscow journalist
arranged for me to meet them. Though not exactly delighted, they agreed to take
me with ...
I heard that some Petrograd journalists, reporters for cheap gossip rags, were
going to the Ukraine. Their documents were in order. A Moscow journalist
arranged for me to meet them. Though not exactly delighted, they agreed to take
me with ...
Page 118
As calm as ever, he raised his crop to his sheepskin hat, grinned as though he
had heard a charming joke, and glanced back at the German generals. Only an
ironic flash of monocles suggested that they had understood the words. The
crowd ...
As calm as ever, he raised his crop to his sheepskin hat, grinned as though he
had heard a charming joke, and glanced back at the German generals. Only an
ironic flash of monocles suggested that they had understood the words. The
crowd ...
Page 177
The noise must have been heard far beyond its precincts. An agonised cry for
mercy, it beat against the dark, low sky and echoed back to earth. The pogrom
never got under way. Taken aback, the authorities changed their minds. Armed ...
The noise must have been heard far beyond its precincts. An agonised cry for
mercy, it beat against the dark, low sky and echoed back to earth. The pogrom
never got under way. Taken aback, the authorities changed their minds. Armed ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Cafe | 36 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of The Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
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