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Page 115
He had just come home from a trip to Moscow. It was at the beginning of January
in 1906. My father had arrived in Moscow during the final days of the December
uprising. He told us about the barricades on the Presna, the brigades of armed ...
He had just come home from a trip to Moscow. It was at the beginning of January
in 1906. My father had arrived in Moscow during the final days of the December
uprising. He told us about the barricades on the Presna, the brigades of armed ...
Page 270
In this respect Moscow cabdrivers were the only people who could compete with
conductors. I owe my knowledge of Moscow to my work as a conductor. A caustic
old man in a very full-skirted coat examined us. He sipped at a glass of cold tea ...
In this respect Moscow cabdrivers were the only people who could compete with
conductors. I owe my knowledge of Moscow to my work as a conductor. A caustic
old man in a very full-skirted coat examined us. He sipped at a glass of cold tea ...
Page 462
They never went farther than fifty versts from Moscow. I would take a ticket to the
last stop and travel there and back. In a very short time I managed to get to most
of the little towns around Moscow. And I became convinced that the capital city, ...
They never went farther than fifty versts from Moscow. I would take a ticket to the
last stop and travel there and back. In a very short time I managed to get to most
of the little towns around Moscow. And I became convinced that the capital city, ...
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Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life, Volume 2 |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2009 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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