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 126
... leave Chicago . ' " Leave Chicago ? " " Yes . For good . You're not going to work any more just for money . Wait , " he said quickly . " I know we have come to live like we had been married five years , but I am not coming the heavy ...
... leave Chicago . ' " Leave Chicago ? " " Yes . For good . You're not going to work any more just for money . Wait , " he said quickly . " I know we have come to live like we had been married five years , but I am not coming the heavy ...
Pàgina 169
... leave the woman , land her in time . Time : that was his itch now , so his only chance was to stay ahead of it as long as he could and hope to reach something before it struck . So he went on , driving the skiff with muscles which OLD ...
... leave the woman , land her in time . Time : that was his itch now , so his only chance was to stay ahead of it as long as he could and hope to reach something before it struck . So he went on , driving the skiff with muscles which OLD ...
Pàgina 267
... leave , he thought . He's telling me to leave too - this later , after they had quitted the table and the Cajan and the woman had gone to bed and the Cajan had risen from the pallet and approached the convict and once more went through ...
... leave , he thought . He's telling me to leave too - this later , after they had quitted the table and the Cajan and the woman had gone to bed and the Cajan had risen from the pallet and approached the convict and once more went through ...
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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