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Page 17
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. Strangers, thrown ...
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. Strangers, thrown ...
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. Hetman or Petlyura, it was all one to ...
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. Hetman or Petlyura, it was all one to ...
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 greeted ...
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 greeted ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Cafe | 36 |
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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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