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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Pàgina 9
... doctor about watching him cleaning ( or trying to clean ) a mess of fish at the kitchen steps , told the doctor about it with bitter and outraged conviction - a shapeless woman yet not fat , not anywhere near as plump as the doctor ...
... doctor about watching him cleaning ( or trying to clean ) a mess of fish at the kitchen steps , told the doctor about it with bitter and outraged conviction - a shapeless woman yet not fat , not anywhere near as plump as the doctor ...
Pàgina 14
... doctor , his night- shirt streaming about his flabby calves , peered at the caller and thought in a fierce surge of triumph : Now I am going to find out what it is . “ Yes , ” he said , “ you wont need the telephone . I am a doctor ...
... doctor , his night- shirt streaming about his flabby calves , peered at the caller and thought in a fierce surge of triumph : Now I am going to find out what it is . “ Yes , ” he said , “ you wont need the telephone . I am a doctor ...
Pàgina 16
... doctor who stopped ; the doctor still trotted onward on his short sedentary legs , behind the jolting torch - beam , toward the dim waiting light , it was the Baptist , the provincial , who seemed to pause while the man , not the doctor ...
... doctor who stopped ; the doctor still trotted onward on his short sedentary legs , behind the jolting torch - beam , toward the dim waiting light , it was the Baptist , the provincial , who seemed to pause while the man , not the doctor ...
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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