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Page 57
They filled all the streets around with a smell of incense. The chestnuts broke out
their first leaves, transparent, crumpled, covered with reddish down. By the time
the yellow and red candles had blossomed on the chestnut trees, spring was in ...
They filled all the streets around with a smell of incense. The chestnuts broke out
their first leaves, transparent, crumpled, covered with reddish down. By the time
the yellow and red candles had blossomed on the chestnut trees, spring was in ...
Page 244
Moving yellow whirlwinds began to be seen in the cloud. Its edge drooped down
to the earth. Lightning ran and danced in the black caverns of the sky. Someone
struck the bell in the village belltower twice, hurriedly, and repeated this several ...
Moving yellow whirlwinds began to be seen in the cloud. Its edge drooped down
to the earth. Lightning ran and danced in the black caverns of the sky. Someone
struck the bell in the village belltower twice, hurriedly, and repeated this several ...
Page 422
Outside the windows was a gorge, a yellow hollow of stone and prickly shrubs.
The road to the cave dwellers' town, Chufut-Kale, led along this gorge. "What a
life!" I thought as I sat on the terrace. Fuchsias in vases were dropping their black
...
Outside the windows was a gorge, a yellow hollow of stone and prickly shrubs.
The road to the cave dwellers' town, Chufut-Kale, led along this gorge. "What a
life!" I thought as I sat on the terrace. Fuchsias in vases were dropping their black
...
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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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