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Page 28
His purple cassock billowed out and brushed against the faces of the praying
people. They caught at its edge and kissed it with passion and humility. "Kiss his
robe," my grandmother told me in a quick whisper. But I wasn't listening. I was
pale ...
His purple cassock billowed out and brushed against the faces of the praying
people. They caught at its edge and kissed it with passion and humility. "Kiss his
robe," my grandmother told me in a quick whisper. But I wasn't listening. I was
pale ...
Page 115
In spite of the failure of the uprising, my father came home excited, his face still
flushed by the frost in Moscow. He was firmly convinced that a general uprising
all over Russia and our long-awaited freedom were no longer "beyond the ...
In spite of the failure of the uprising, my father came home excited, his face still
flushed by the frost in Moscow. He was firmly convinced that a general uprising
all over Russia and our long-awaited freedom were no longer "beyond the ...
Page 573
the officer said, and he lifted his eyebrows and made a face. "I am simply
shattered by what you say. If I had known you were going to be good enough
even to appear, I would have had a military orchestra for you." "Your jokes have
nothing to ...
the officer said, and he lifted his eyebrows and made a face. "I am simply
shattered by what you say. If I had known you were going to be good enough
even to appear, I would have had a military orchestra for you." "Your jokes have
nothing to ...
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Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
Copyright | |
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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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