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Page 151
He didn't want to come back to Uncle Kolya's house, saying he had to catch the
first train back to Bezhitsa where an urgent job was waiting for him. We rode back
to the house in a carriage. Uncle Kolya and Aunt Marusya were quiet on the way
...
He didn't want to come back to Uncle Kolya's house, saying he had to catch the
first train back to Bezhitsa where an urgent job was waiting for him. We rode back
to the house in a carriage. Uncle Kolya and Aunt Marusya were quiet on the way
...
Page 418
When the saw was not working it was even worse: we were all waiting nervously
for the noise to start. Just the waiting could produce nausea. Then the saw would
start up again triumphantly, grinding its steel teeth into the metal and throwing ...
When the saw was not working it was even worse: we were all waiting nervously
for the noise to start. Just the waiting could produce nausea. Then the saw would
start up again triumphantly, grinding its steel teeth into the metal and throwing ...
Page 551
An old nurse was sitting next to it, rocking the baby carriage with her foot, and
singing sleepily. It proved to be impossible even to get inside the door of the
consulate. Hundreds of people were sitting and lying on the dusty ground,
waiting their ...
An old nurse was sitting next to it, rocking the baby carriage with her foot, and
singing sleepily. It proved to be impossible even to get inside the door of the
consulate. Hundreds of people were sitting and lying on the dusty ground,
waiting their ...
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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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