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Page 33
The monastery was a mediaeval castle, with rusty Swedish cannon- balls
embedded in the walls, green water in the moats, and trees rustling on the
ramparts. The drawbridge was down, we clattered across it in our cab and were
immediately ...
The monastery was a mediaeval castle, with rusty Swedish cannon- balls
embedded in the walls, green water in the moats, and trees rustling on the
ramparts. The drawbridge was down, we clattered across it in our cab and were
immediately ...
Page 130
All I've got is a little old man and a painting on a wall.' 'That's Vrubel. Don't you
remember him? Mind you don't over-develop it.' After he had gone I suddenly
remembered. One morning at breakfast he had told Mama that Vrubel was
spending ...
All I've got is a little old man and a painting on a wall.' 'That's Vrubel. Don't you
remember him? Mind you don't over-develop it.' After he had gone I suddenly
remembered. One morning at breakfast he had told Mama that Vrubel was
spending ...
Page 213
A sad little face peered out from behind a curtain and Leiser's wife greeted us.
The windows were closed against the storm; flies were beating against the glass.
On the wall hung a fly-blown portrait of General Kuropatkin. Leiser brought hay
for ...
A sad little face peered out from behind a curtain and Leiser's wife greeted us.
The windows were closed against the storm; flies were beating against the glass.
On the wall hung a fly-blown portrait of General Kuropatkin. Leiser brought hay
for ...
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| Title | Story of a life, Volume 1 Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Harvill P., 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 227 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Literary Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
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