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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... convict and the plump hairless one . " It's just down the road a piece . " He rose . The two convicts followed him ... convict said . " Then it's high time you learned , " the guard said . " Get in . " The tall convict shoved the other ...
... convict and the plump hairless one . " It's just down the road a piece . " He rose . The two convicts followed him ... convict said . " Then it's high time you learned , " the guard said . " Get in . " The tall convict shoved the other ...
Pàgina 161
... convict said . " Then they could have given you the ten years for escaping and then hung you for the murder and charged the boat to your folks . " " Yah , " the tall convict said . - But he had not done that . He wanted to do it the ...
... convict said . " Then they could have given you the ten years for escaping and then hung you for the murder and charged the boat to your folks . " " Yah , " the tall convict said . - But he had not done that . He wanted to do it the ...
Pàgina 337
... convict said . So the launch put inshore , the engine ceased , it drifted up and lay against the levee and the owner cast the skiff loose . " You better let me take you on until we come to some- thing , " he said . " That was what I ...
... convict said . So the launch put inshore , the engine ceased , it drifted up and lay against the levee and the owner cast the skiff loose . " You better let me take you on until we come to some- thing , " he said . " That was what I ...
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actually aint already arms began believe beneath beside better boat body breath called cant carrying ceased Charlotte closed cold coming completely convict damned dark doctor dollars dont door drink entered eyes face feel feet four give going gone half hand hard Harry head hear heard hold hundred instant It's keep knew later leave light Listen live looked McCord mean merely move never night officer once paddle passed perhaps plump presently quietly remember returned running seemed seen side sitting skiff sleep smell sound standing stood stopped talking tall tell That's thing thinking thought told took train trees trying turned voice wait walk wall Warden watched weeks wife Wilbourne wild wind window woman wont