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Page 13
And someone's voice — a woman's, a young voice — called for the blacksmith. "
Ostap went out, and stood stock-still. At the very door of his smithy a black horse
was prancing, and on it was a woman of fabulous beauty in a long velvet dress, ...
And someone's voice — a woman's, a young voice — called for the blacksmith. "
Ostap went out, and stood stock-still. At the very door of his smithy a black horse
was prancing, and on it was a woman of fabulous beauty in a long velvet dress, ...
Page 153
It was as if the money had melted in the air. While Count Pototsky and I were
talking, a door kept creaking in the room. But as soon as the money disappeared
into the air the door flew open and a little woman in a peignoir flew into the room.
It was as if the money had melted in the air. While Count Pototsky and I were
talking, a door kept creaking in the room. But as soon as the money disappeared
into the air the door flew open and a little woman in a peignoir flew into the room.
Page 588
His mother — a thin old woman with a trembling face — was sitting behind a
screen, reading a Polish prayer book in a low voice. "The scallop is the alpha and
the omega of all Petliura's money," Pan Kturenda told me in a professorial tone.
His mother — a thin old woman with a trembling face — was sitting behind a
screen, reading a Polish prayer book in a low voice. "The scallop is the alpha and
the omega of all Petliura's money," Pan Kturenda told me in a professorial tone.
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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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