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Page 211
Would Virginia never return to earth, and would she never knock again, playfully
and carefully, on the heavy door? Would youth, love, and happiness never come
back? "Never, nevermore !" the raven croaked, and a man shuddered with ...
Would Virginia never return to earth, and would she never knock again, playfully
and carefully, on the heavy door? Would youth, love, and happiness never come
back? "Never, nevermore !" the raven croaked, and a man shuddered with ...
Page 398
I have never seen anything more dismal than that village. Low- roofed, dirty
peasant huts, flat, bare fields, and not a single tree. Muddy transport carts filled
this gloomy landscape, thin, shaggy horses, and transport soldiers who had by
this time ...
I have never seen anything more dismal than that village. Low- roofed, dirty
peasant huts, flat, bare fields, and not a single tree. Muddy transport carts filled
this gloomy landscape, thin, shaggy horses, and transport soldiers who had by
this time ...
Page 580
But she, of course, without any experience, never noticed it. She was a very
young woman, really nothing but a girl. I tried to start a conversation with her,
even though this was strictly forbidden for us waiters. The rule was : serve the
food ...
But she, of course, without any experience, never noticed it. She was a very
young woman, really nothing but a girl. I tried to start a conversation with her,
even though this was strictly forbidden for us waiters. The rule was : serve the
food ...
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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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