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Page 218
... snow was falling so heavily when we went through Bryansk that nothing could be seen out of the train windows . I could only imagine to myself the little town far beyond the falling snow , the shimmering carpets of snow along its streets ...
... snow was falling so heavily when we went through Bryansk that nothing could be seen out of the train windows . I could only imagine to myself the little town far beyond the falling snow , the shimmering carpets of snow along its streets ...
Page 219
... snow next to the ditches . It was hard to open the door . The storm had died down . The cars were standing up to their buffers in magnificent snow . You could have jumped into it over your head . A little bluebird was sitting on the ...
... snow next to the ditches . It was hard to open the door . The storm had died down . The cars were standing up to their buffers in magnificent snow . You could have jumped into it over your head . A little bluebird was sitting on the ...
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... snow down from the eaves on to the old man's shaggy head . It was winter . Russia was lying in the snowdrifts . When we were carrying wounded , I noticed nothing around me - there was no time to . But during our trips back every orderly ...
... snow down from the eaves on to the old man's shaggy head . It was winter . Russia was lying in the snowdrifts . When we were carrying wounded , I noticed nothing around me - there was no time to . But during our trips back every orderly ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
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