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Page 126
Konstantin Paustovsky. This was a good day. I stopped being shy, and I told her
about Ryovna, about my geography teacher Cherpunov, and about my Aunt
Nadya. Lena kept quietly filling my plate with grapes, then with greengage plums.
Konstantin Paustovsky. This was a good day. I stopped being shy, and I told her
about Ryovna, about my geography teacher Cherpunov, and about my Aunt
Nadya. Lena kept quietly filling my plate with grapes, then with greengage plums.
Page 162
We tried to talk to him about Balzac and Dumas, about Hugo and Daudet, but
Monsieur Govasse either kept silent or told us that this literature was for
grownups, not for little Russian boys who did not yet know the difference between
the future ...
We tried to talk to him about Balzac and Dumas, about Hugo and Daudet, but
Monsieur Govasse either kept silent or told us that this literature was for
grownups, not for little Russian boys who did not yet know the difference between
the future ...
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Grinko told him about his misadventures. The man listened attentively, leaned
over, and said in a low voice : "I will set you free." "How?" "No joking. It's stupid to
get sent to Siberia on such a foolish charge as yours. In two years of exile, you'd ...
Grinko told him about his misadventures. The man listened attentively, leaned
over, and said in a low voice : "I will set you free." "How?" "No joking. It's stupid to
get sent to Siberia on such a foolish charge as yours. In two years of exile, you'd ...
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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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