Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 15
... round poles , rickety desks , dithering book - cases that fall on their faces at the slam of a door , portraits in grey frames , a dented boiler , and a mass of wooden boxes . All this property was guarded by a sailor with a head of ...
... round poles , rickety desks , dithering book - cases that fall on their faces at the slam of a door , portraits in grey frames , a dented boiler , and a mass of wooden boxes . All this property was guarded by a sailor with a head of ...
Page 58
... round dis- mantled mines , yellow and red buoys , stone steps leading to the water , signal - masts , old barges , coils of rotten rope and finally , a mysterious little house with a white turret and rusted balcony , standing on the ...
... round dis- mantled mines , yellow and red buoys , stone steps leading to the water , signal - masts , old barges , coils of rotten rope and finally , a mysterious little house with a white turret and rusted balcony , standing on the ...
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... round his neck . If he had nothing on display but his eyes darted in search of a customer , all the regulars knew at once that he was selling fake jewellery and called after him : ' What crown jewels have you pinched today ? ' Only very ...
... round his neck . If he had nothing on display but his eyes darted in search of a customer , all the regulars knew at once that he was selling fake jewellery and called after him : ' What crown jewels have you pinched today ? ' Only very ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
Copyright | |
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