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Page 104
Gleb Af anasiev walked with me. He became suddenly very serious. "Yes, Kostik!
" he said to me on the way, and he sighed deeply. I told my father that Chekhov
had died. My father suddenly grew pinched in the face, and all hunched over.
Gleb Af anasiev walked with me. He became suddenly very serious. "Yes, Kostik!
" he said to me on the way, and he sighed deeply. I told my father that Chekhov
had died. My father suddenly grew pinched in the face, and all hunched over.
Page 497
Suddenly, in the middle of the night, the firing stopped. We all pricked up our ears
. This quiet seemed more dangerous than the firing had been. But it didn't last
long. Soon we could hear separate voices yelling in the pitch darkness: "Tell the
...
Suddenly, in the middle of the night, the firing stopped. We all pricked up our ears
. This quiet seemed more dangerous than the firing had been. But it didn't last
long. Soon we could hear separate voices yelling in the pitch darkness: "Tell the
...
Page 528
he suddenly asked me in a rough, challenging voice. "As if you'd seen thousands
of girls as pretty as that?" "No," I answered. "I've never seen anyone like her.
Never." "Ryabinka was her name," the soldier said, reassured. "She died just
before ...
he suddenly asked me in a rough, challenging voice. "As if you'd seen thousands
of girls as pretty as that?" "No," I answered. "I've never seen anyone like her.
Never." "Ryabinka was her name," the soldier said, reassured. "She died just
before ...
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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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