Tyrants destroyed and other storiesA collection of short stories about Russian émigrés in Germany and France after the Russian Revolution. |
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No, the point is that, as his power grew, I began to notice that the obligations of
citizens, admonitions, restrictions, decrees, and all the other forms of pressure put
on us were coming to resemble the man himself more and more closely, ...
No, the point is that, as his power grew, I began to notice that the obligations of
citizens, admonitions, restrictions, decrees, and all the other forms of pressure put
on us were coming to resemble the man himself more and more closely, ...
Page 92
And Koldunov began telling, circumstantially, with painstaking repetitions, a dull,
wretched episode, and one had the feeling that for a long time his life had
consisted of such episodes; that humiliation and failure, heavy cycles of ignoble ...
And Koldunov began telling, circumstantially, with painstaking repetitions, a dull,
wretched episode, and one had the feeling that for a long time his life had
consisted of such episodes; that humiliation and failure, heavy cycles of ignoble ...
Page 117
once began to move, a shiver of panic began to rise and resolved itself in
feminine cries, and because men's voices very loudly called for calm, the cries
became more and more riotous. I laughed and began talking to her but then felt
that she ...
once began to move, a shiver of panic began to rise and resolved itself in
feminine cries, and because men's voices very loudly called for calm, the cries
became more and more riotous. I laughed and began talking to her but then felt
that she ...
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| Title | Tyrants destroyed and other stories |
| Author | Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 10, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0070457395, 9780070457393 |
| Length | 238 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union Russian Literature Short stories Soviet Union Soviet union |
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