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Page 85
And who was the girl, I wondered. Her voice had something familiar about it. I
dug in my memory and recalled a meeting near the Gogol monument, at which a
girl had spoken in that same voice. She had a long black fringe, greedy, glittering,
...
And who was the girl, I wondered. Her voice had something familiar about it. I
dug in my memory and recalled a meeting near the Gogol monument, at which a
girl had spoken in that same voice. She had a long black fringe, greedy, glittering,
...
Page 123
I was a waiter in the restaurant. Well, one day, a girl in her last year at highschool
came on board at Kostroma. She was travelling to Simbirsk. I'd had plenty of
women by then — shipboard girlfriends. I wasn't one to make heavy weather
about ...
I was a waiter in the restaurant. Well, one day, a girl in her last year at highschool
came on board at Kostroma. She was travelling to Simbirsk. I'd had plenty of
women by then — shipboard girlfriends. I wasn't one to make heavy weather
about ...
Page 145
... couple of hundred yards from the house, but the guests mounted the carriages
and dashed round and round the church to the sound of jingling bells and
rollicking song. I sit on a barrel I'm all in a whirl. A Bolshevik wed me, A Gaidamak
girl.
... couple of hundred yards from the house, but the guests mounted the carriages
and dashed round and round the church to the sound of jingling bells and
rollicking song. I sit on a barrel I'm all in a whirl. A Bolshevik wed me, A Gaidamak
girl.
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Blue Torches | 23 |
3 The Journalists Cafe | 36 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Harvill P., 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2007 |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Literary Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
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