Story of a lifePantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 45
... French flag . The French mine sweeper Lieutenant Borri , long and elegant as a fine cigar , lay beside them , a wisp of smoke over her funnel and the brasswork on her deck dazzling as the sun . We rushed down to the port , but were not ...
... French flag . The French mine sweeper Lieutenant Borri , long and elegant as a fine cigar , lay beside them , a wisp of smoke over her funnel and the brasswork on her deck dazzling as the sun . We rushed down to the port , but were not ...
Page 46
... French authorities . In the end , the French decided to get rid of them , put them on troopships and , by agreement with our government , sent them under convoy to Odessa . All Odessa flocked to the port to welcome the Russian soldiers ...
... French authorities . In the end , the French decided to get rid of them , put them on troopships and , by agreement with our government , sent them under convoy to Odessa . All Odessa flocked to the port to welcome the Russian soldiers ...
Page 47
... French squadron . The day the ships left , I went to Fountain where the cliffs looked out on to the open sea . A thick pall of smoke shrouded the horizon . The French squadron was approaching . It stopped a few miles away and waited for ...
... French squadron . The day the ships left , I went to Fountain where the cliffs looked out on to the open sea . A thick pall of smoke shrouded the horizon . The French squadron was approaching . It stopped a few miles away and waited for ...
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Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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