Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 77
... course after the lifting of the blockade . ) The whole office was kept busy copying under Mrs Moser's and Mironov's guidance . The first chapter was on ' The Great Prayer ' . This was the name given to the great slab of sandstone used ...
... course after the lifting of the blockade . ) The whole office was kept busy copying under Mrs Moser's and Mironov's guidance . The first chapter was on ' The Great Prayer ' . This was the name given to the great slab of sandstone used ...
Page 79
... course , ' he replied dejectedly . ' Naturally . You can't avoid it there ' ( ' there ' meant Melanesia ) . ' It's always sticking up in your way . ' ' What's it like ? ' ' What do you mean – like ? ' - ' What sort of place is it ...
... course , ' he replied dejectedly . ' Naturally . You can't avoid it there ' ( ' there ' meant Melanesia ) . ' It's always sticking up in your way . ' ' What's it like ? ' ' What do you mean – like ? ' - ' What sort of place is it ...
Page 104
... course of life itself that delighted him , its gossip , the details of its movement , all its changes whether the result was good or bad was also im- portant but of secondary interest . - Hearing of Kostandi's death , Arenberg commented ...
... course of life itself that delighted him , its gossip , the details of its movement , all its changes whether the result was good or bad was also im- portant but of secondary interest . - Hearing of Kostandi's death , Arenberg commented ...
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Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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