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 75
... plump hairless one . " It's just down the road a piece . " He rose . The two convicts followed him down to the boats . " Follow them telephone poles until you come to a filling station . You can tell it , the roof is still above water ...
... plump hairless one . " It's just down the road a piece . " He rose . The two convicts followed him down to the boats . " Follow them telephone poles until you come to a filling station . You can tell it , the roof is still above water ...
Pàgina 161
... plump convict said . " Then they could have given you the ten years for escaping and then hung you for the murder ... plump convict said . " No steamboat , nothing ? " " I dont know , " the tall one said . - while he tried merely to keep ...
... plump convict said . " Then they could have given you the ten years for escaping and then hung you for the murder ... plump convict said . " No steamboat , nothing ? " " I dont know , " the tall one said . - while he tried merely to keep ...
Pàgina 333
... plump one said . " That's what I been aim- ing to ask . What did " The tall convict's face was grave , his voice was calm , just a little short : " They had tents for the folks to live in . They were behind . " The plump one blinked at ...
... plump one said . " That's what I been aim- ing to ask . What did " The tall convict's face was grave , his voice was calm , just a little short : " They had tents for the folks to live in . They were behind . " The plump one blinked at ...
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