"It was a big stove, a hundred years old, and the heat emanated from it like the goodwill of a pot-bellied, thin man who wants to alleviate his selfishness with some kind and inexpensive good deed.
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Author
Márai SándorAll Translations
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English
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It was a big stove, a hundred years old, and the heat emanated from it like the goodwill of a pot-bellied, thin man who wants to alleviate his selfishness with some kind and inexpensive good deed.
"Hungarian
"Nagy kályha volt, százéves, a meleg úgy áradt belőle, mint a jóindulat egy hasas, tunya emberből, aki önzését szeretné valamilyen kegyes és olcsó jócselekedettel enyhíteni."