Ïvan Turgénieff's Spring Floods
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ISBN13: 9781151036285
Paperback|9781151036285
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ... talion, and marched them as if it had been on a thread. To make a woman march, is that anything to talk about?" "There is a difference, father," she replied with an air of dissatisfaction, "between a battalion of recruits and a young girl of noble blood. However/7 she added after a moment's reflection, "Evlampia will know how to take care of herself." II. One night--it was in June, and rather late--Kharlof was announced at our house. My mother was surprised. We had not seen our neighbor for more than a week, and he never visited so late. "Something must have happened," she murmured. And in truth Kharlof, who had sunk upon a chair by the door, was so pale, and his face wore so anxious an expression, that she could not refrain from repeating at the sight of him her former exclamation. "What is it, father? speak " she exclaimed. "Has your melancholy seized you again?" Kharlof knitted his brows. "No, it is not my melancholy: that always comes at the full moon. But allow me to ask you a question, Madame: what are your thoughts about death?" My mother started--"Why do you ask that?" "I have just had a nocturnal hallucination," said he slowly, in a deep, hollow voice. "What?" "A nocturnal hallucination," he repeated: "I am a great seer of dreams." "You are?" "I am. Did you not know it?" Kharlof heaved a sigh. "Listen. It happened a little more than a week ago; it was the eve of St. Peter's. I lay down to rest a little, and fell asleep. Suddenly I saw a black colt enter the chamber. This colt began to caper and show me his teeth--a colt black as a tarakan A gigantic kind of cockroach. Here Kliarlof paused. "Well?" said my mother. "Well, the colt turned and gave me a kick on the left elbow, there, where it is tender. I awoke, and found that I...
| ISBN-13 | 9781151036285 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151036285 |
| Weight | 0.33 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.44 x 0.16 x 9.69 In |
| List Price | $16.47 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 146 pages |
| Publisher | General Books |
| Published On | 2010-04-01 |
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