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 157
... going through the motions of paddling , wait- ing for an opportunity to scream . He never found it . For an instant the skiff seemed to stand erect on its stern and then shoot scrabbling and scrambling up the curling wall of water like ...
... going through the motions of paddling , wait- ing for an opportunity to scream . He never found it . For an instant the skiff seemed to stand erect on its stern and then shoot scrabbling and scrambling up the curling wall of water like ...
Pàgina 219
William Faulkner. I'm going to hold you to the promise , Harry . And so from now until that day comes , we wont even have to ... going to fail and he refused to believe it , refused to accept no for an answer until threatened almost with ...
William Faulkner. I'm going to hold you to the promise , Harry . And so from now until that day comes , we wont even have to ... going to fail and he refused to believe it , refused to accept no for an answer until threatened almost with ...
Pàgina 227
... going to get anything . I'm going to hold you . Haven't I held you so far ? ” " Dont be a fool now . There's no time now . You'll know in time . Get to hell out , do you hear ? " " Out ? " " Promise me . Dont you know what they'll do to ...
... going to get anything . I'm going to hold you . Haven't I held you so far ? ” " Dont be a fool now . There's no time now . You'll know in time . Get to hell out , do you hear ? " " Out ? " " Promise me . Dont you know what they'll do to ...
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