Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 204
... Pestel is an old tub as full of holes as the Dimitry . Before she comes she has to get here . That's the problem . ' This was unarguable . " The Pestel , ' I said , discouraged , ' was supposed to sail a week after us . ' ' Oh , well ...
... Pestel is an old tub as full of holes as the Dimitry . Before she comes she has to get here . That's the problem . ' This was unarguable . " The Pestel , ' I said , discouraged , ' was supposed to sail a week after us . ' ' Oh , well ...
Page 211
... Pestel was about to sail , but there was still no sign of it . It might have put off sailing , or it might have been ... Pestel had left Batumi and would reach Sebastopol within twenty - four hours . I left the kindergarten and moved to ...
... Pestel was about to sail , but there was still no sign of it . It might have put off sailing , or it might have been ... Pestel had left Batumi and would reach Sebastopol within twenty - four hours . I left the kindergarten and moved to ...
Page 213
... Pestel could almost have given points to the Dimitry . I went aft . At each turn of the helm its metal coupling bolts grated with strain , a torrent of rushing foam surged from behind the stern , and the bowsprit , as the sailors said ...
... Pestel could almost have given points to the Dimitry . I went aft . At each turn of the helm its metal coupling bolts grated with strain , a torrent of rushing foam surged from behind the stern , and the bowsprit , as the sailors said ...
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Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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