Story of a Life: In that dawnHarvill P., 1965 |
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Page 15
... Russian culture had largely grown up . Now that the old régime had collapsed , their task was no longer to sow the seeds of textbook ' reason , goodness and light ' among the people , but at once , with their own hands , to create a new ...
... Russian culture had largely grown up . Now that the old régime had collapsed , their task was no longer to sow the seeds of textbook ' reason , goodness and light ' among the people , but at once , with their own hands , to create a new ...
Page 39
... Russian and I love Russia so that it breaks my heart . It's just that I don't recognise her now . Sometimes I wonder if I really am in Russia — I can't believe it . I listen to people talking — even the intonation has changed . So I ...
... Russian and I love Russia so that it breaks my heart . It's just that I don't recognise her now . Sometimes I wonder if I really am in Russia — I can't believe it . I listen to people talking — even the intonation has changed . So I ...
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... Russian than this poem by Lermontov . And how clear it was that , when he said that he had neither hopes of the future nor regret for the past , he said it just because he did regret the past and expected life to grant him poignant ...
... Russian than this poem by Lermontov . And how clear it was that , when he said that he had neither hopes of the future nor regret for the past , he said it just because he did regret the past and expected life to grant him poignant ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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