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... father had brought me several rolls of film and asked me to develop them . 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 ...
... father had brought me several rolls of film and asked me to develop them . 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 ...
Page 116
... father by the hand and led him to the table . I looked timidly around the room . It was a garret room . Several water colors were fastened by thumbtacks to the dark wallpaper . Vrubel poured some cognac for my father and for himself ...
... father by the hand and led him to the table . I looked timidly around the room . It was a garret room . Several water colors were fastened by thumbtacks to the dark wallpaper . Vrubel poured some cognac for my father and for himself ...
Page 117
... father accepted these words quite calmly and even agreed with Vrubel , although he never allowed either me or my brothers to say a single boastful word . So when he left us , on Reitarskaya Street , I told my father that I did not like ...
... father accepted these words quite calmly and even agreed with Vrubel , although he never allowed either me or my brothers to say a single boastful word . So when he left us , on Reitarskaya Street , I told my father that I did not like ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
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