Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 34
A clear voice rang above me : " All clear anchor ! " Faintly , a rumbling voice came from the bridge- " Forty - five fathoms . Stand by to let go ! " " Help ! " I yelled . " Hold anchor ! Man below ! Help , help !
A clear voice rang above me : " All clear anchor ! " Faintly , a rumbling voice came from the bridge- " Forty - five fathoms . Stand by to let go ! " " Help ! " I yelled . " Hold anchor ! Man below ! Help , help !
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His monotonous voice seemed to cast a spell over the whole room , until it was as gray and pitiless and impersonal as the owner of that voice himself , which was saying : " Bourgeois ethics are not our ethics .
His monotonous voice seemed to cast a spell over the whole room , until it was as gray and pitiless and impersonal as the owner of that voice himself , which was saying : " Bourgeois ethics are not our ethics .
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A cheerful voice with a thick Russian accent answered . " I need a towline , " I said . " I need a full - length towline , other- wise I cannot leave for Murmansk . " " A towline ? Please , comrade , explain .
A cheerful voice with a thick Russian accent answered . " I need a towline , " I said . " I need a full - length towline , other- wise I cannot leave for Murmansk . " " A towline ? Please , comrade , explain .
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User Review - Hurtgen - LibraryThingThe son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic ... Read full review
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| Title | Out of the Night |
| Author | Jan Valtin |
| Publisher | Alliance Book Corporation, 1941 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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