Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 64
... Mama , and brother Arkasha . It's such a boring place ! Now , for goodness sake don't start telling me I'm going to get well , and have cheeks like tomatoes , and perhaps marry a bonny lad in a cowboy shirt with a silver watch - chain ...
... Mama , and brother Arkasha . It's such a boring place ! Now , for goodness sake don't start telling me I'm going to get well , and have cheeks like tomatoes , and perhaps marry a bonny lad in a cowboy shirt with a silver watch - chain ...
Page 130
... and disinherited his daughter . It all went like in the famous poem by Sasha Cherny , ' ' Love is not a potato ' , where , in similar circumstances , Papa 23 smashes the family dinner - service , Mama weeps into 130 That Boy!
... and disinherited his daughter . It all went like in the famous poem by Sasha Cherny , ' ' Love is not a potato ' , where , in similar circumstances , Papa 23 smashes the family dinner - service , Mama weeps into 130 That Boy!
Page 208
... Mama ! It's him , I do believe it's him ! Mama ! My God ! ' ' Let's go , ' said Andrey . ' I can't stand hysterical women . Sorry , I haven't introduced myself : former Midshipman Andrey Caesaro- vich Kolans , now goat - herd to my Mama ...
... Mama ! It's him , I do believe it's him ! Mama ! My God ! ' ' Let's go , ' said Andrey . ' I can't stand hysterical women . Sorry , I haven't introduced myself : former Midshipman Andrey Caesaro- vich Kolans , now goat - herd to my Mama ...
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Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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