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 69
... heard the air hiss out of the released brakes , the engine whistled four blasts , the car came into motion with a snapping jerk ; the platform , the compress fled violently as the train seemed to transpose from immobility to full speed ...
... heard the air hiss out of the released brakes , the engine whistled four blasts , the car came into motion with a snapping jerk ; the platform , the compress fled violently as the train seemed to transpose from immobility to full speed ...
Pàgina 237
... heard twice before and would never forget - that sound of deliberate and ir- resistible and monstrously disturbed water . But this time he could not tell from what direction it came . It seemed to be everywhere , waxing and fading ; it ...
... heard twice before and would never forget - that sound of deliberate and ir- resistible and monstrously disturbed water . But this time he could not tell from what direction it came . It seemed to be everywhere , waxing and fading ; it ...
Pàgina 318
... heard it from behind him — the long expulsion , the sigh . " Is the accused trying to throw himself upon the mercy of this Court ? " the judge said . " I just plead guilty , Your Honor , " Wilbourne said . He heard it again behind him ...
... heard it from behind him — the long expulsion , the sigh . " Is the accused trying to throw himself upon the mercy of this Court ? " the judge said . " I just plead guilty , Your Honor , " Wilbourne said . He heard it again behind him ...
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