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The whole town was on its feet . Houses stood empty . All night long , people talked themselves hoarse at meetings , argued , wandering sleeplessly about the streets , sitting in the squares or squatting on the pavements .
The whole town was on its feet . Houses stood empty . All night long , people talked themselves hoarse at meetings , argued , wandering sleeplessly about the streets , sitting in the squares or squatting on the pavements .
Page 128
The inhabitants of Priorka poured into the streets , discussing the departure of the Cossacks and openly rejoicing at their plight . German soldiers calmly rode about on well - fed bays , still patrolling the town .
The inhabitants of Priorka poured into the streets , discussing the departure of the Cossacks and openly rejoicing at their plight . German soldiers calmly rode about on well - fed bays , still patrolling the town .
Page 173
Dazed and sickened by all the sudden changes and ' upheavals ' , the population hardly cared who controlled the town , so long as not too many people were shot , robbed or driven from their homes . So the arrival of the Petlyurists was ...
Dazed and sickened by all the sudden changes and ' upheavals ' , the population hardly cared who controlled the town , so long as not too many people were shot , robbed or driven from their homes . So the arrival of the Petlyurists was ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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| 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, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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