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Page 124
I called Mama again and I asked her to get rid of the moth. Mama pressed her lips
close together, and she took off a tight, hot compress and covered me with
blankets. I lost count of the nights, filled with rumblings I couldn't understand and
with ...
I called Mama again and I asked her to get rid of the moth. Mama pressed her lips
close together, and she took off a tight, hot compress and covered me with
blankets. I lost count of the nights, filled with rumblings I couldn't understand and
with ...
Page 406
My sister Galya began to shudder whenever she talked about our brothers, but
only when Mama wasn't present. When Mama was there, she controlled herself.
By this time I had already witnessed human grief, and I had noticed that people ...
My sister Galya began to shudder whenever she talked about our brothers, but
only when Mama wasn't present. When Mama was there, she controlled herself.
By this time I had already witnessed human grief, and I had noticed that people ...
Page 407
The lives of these new friends sincerely interested Mama and Galya. Mama's old
habit of instructing people, as she put it, in "honorable and intelligent behavior"
led her to write them long letters full of advice, persuasion, and examples from
her ...
The lives of these new friends sincerely interested Mama and Galya. Mama's old
habit of instructing people, as she put it, in "honorable and intelligent behavior"
led her to write them long letters full of advice, persuasion, and examples from
her ...
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Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life, Volume 1 The Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Константин Паустовский |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
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