Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 38
... Aunt Nadya , the youngest of my grandmother's daughters . She was twenty - three at this time , had a beautiful contralto voice and was being trained as a singer at the Moscow Conservatoire . She used to come home at Easter and for the ...
... Aunt Nadya , the youngest of my grandmother's daughters . She was twenty - three at this time , had a beautiful contralto voice and was being trained as a singer at the Moscow Conservatoire . She used to come home at Easter and for the ...
Page 43
... Aunt Nadya could save by her voice . Aunt Nadya was smiling . I was watching the man . I liked him a lot . I realised that he was an artist . He really did smell of gun- powder , and his hands were smeared all over with sticky resin ...
... Aunt Nadya could save by her voice . Aunt Nadya was smiling . I was watching the man . I liked him a lot . I realised that he was an artist . He really did smell of gun- powder , and his hands were smeared all over with sticky resin ...
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... Aunt Nadya and , clasping her hands , exclaimed at her beauty . There was a cool breeze blowing through the rooms , filling the awnings and sweeping copies of Russian Word and The Thought of Kiev off the tables . The dogs wandered about ...
... Aunt Nadya and , clasping her hands , exclaimed at her beauty . There was a cool breeze blowing through the rooms , filling the awnings and sweeping copies of Russian Word and The Thought of Kiev off the tables . The dogs wandered about ...
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