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'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me so I could see it was really a nose.'
Titulli: The Nose
Origjinali: Нос Nos
Gjinia: Novel
Autori: Nikolai Gogol
Shtëpia botuese: Penguin Classics
Viti: 2015
Fq. 64
Pesha: 0.057 kg
ISBN: 978-0-141-39752-8
Ky libër është në gjuhën angleze
Udhëzues i shkurtër mbi procesin e porositjes së librave nëpërmjet faqes tonë.
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'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me so I could see it was really a nose.'
