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 282
... door and this time just too easy because so steady , just risible and chuckling ; it did not really want to come in . He closed the door , watching the faint light which fell into the hall from the lamp inside the bedroom suck , shift ...
... door and this time just too easy because so steady , just risible and chuckling ; it did not really want to come in . He closed the door , watching the faint light which fell into the hall from the lamp inside the bedroom suck , shift ...
Pàgina 302
... door yonder and smoke . " " Yes . You can watch me from there . " He looked up and down the corridor , at the doors . " Do you know where I could go if I get sick ? " " Sick ? " " Should have to vomit . " " I'll call a nurse and ask her ...
... door yonder and smoke . " " Yes . You can watch me from there . " He looked up and down the corridor , at the doors . " Do you know where I could go if I get sick ? " " Sick ? " " Should have to vomit . " " I'll call a nurse and ask her ...
Pàgina 323
... door once and looked again at Wilbourne - the face consistent and right and damned forever . The jailer appeared and opened the door . " I'm not doing it for you , " Rittenmeyer said . “ Get that out of your damned head . " Then he was ...
... door once and looked again at Wilbourne - the face consistent and right and damned forever . The jailer appeared and opened the door . " I'm not doing it for you , " Rittenmeyer said . “ Get that out of your damned head . " Then he was ...
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