The Wild PalmsRandom House, 1939 - 337 pàgines In the rural wasteland of the South two inmates escape from a penitentiary, and two lovers, Harry Wilbourne and Charlotte Rittenmeyer, run away together. These two stories, played against each other, portray four desperate people trying to flee from poverty, decadence, and the violence of a world from which there is no escape. |
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... began to shout ; they were herded to their feet and toward the exit , the ankle chains clashing and clanking . They ... began dumping the fire from the firebox . After another hour they began to see lights ahead- a 70 OLD MAN.
... began to shout ; they were herded to their feet and toward the exit , the ankle chains clashing and clanking . They ... began dumping the fire from the firebox . After another hour they began to see lights ahead- a 70 OLD MAN.
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William Faulkner. He began to paddle , on across the cottonfield . It began to rain again , though not hard at first . " Yah , " he said . " Ask the boat . I been in it since breakfast and I aint never knowed , where I aimed to go or ...
William Faulkner. He began to paddle , on across the cottonfield . It began to rain again , though not hard at first . " Yah , " he said . " Ask the boat . I been in it since breakfast and I aint never knowed , where I aimed to go or ...
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... began to sweat on his palms , it clashed again in that brief sudden inexplicable flurry . Then the tide began to fall in the river and he could smell that too - the sour smell of salt flats where oyster shells and the heads of shrimp ...
... began to sweat on his palms , it clashed again in that brief sudden inexplicable flurry . Then the tide began to fall in the river and he could smell that too - the sour smell of salt flats where oyster shells and the heads of shrimp ...
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