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 62
... quietly . ) set of the still rigid surface , from beneath which came a deep faint subaquean rumble which ( though none in the truck could have made the comparison ) sounded like a subway train passing far beneath the street and which ...
... quietly . ) set of the still rigid surface , from beneath which came a deep faint subaquean rumble which ( though none in the truck could have made the comparison ) sounded like a subway train passing far beneath the street and which ...
Pàgina 78
... quietly at a half- full quart of whiskey sitting on the table . " How do you know he's drowned ? " the Warden said to the deputy . " How do you know he didn't just see his chance to escape , and took it ? " " Escape where ? " the other ...
... quietly at a half- full quart of whiskey sitting on the table . " How do you know he's drowned ? " the Warden said to the deputy . " How do you know he didn't just see his chance to escape , and took it ? " " Escape where ? " the other ...
Pàgina 312
... quietly : " I'm sorry . " The other ceased to tremble ; he spoke as quietly as Wilbourne : " So you wont go . " 99 " Maybe if you could tell me why , " Wilbourne said . But the other didn't answer . He took an immaculate handkerchief ...
... quietly : " I'm sorry . " The other ceased to tremble ; he spoke as quietly as Wilbourne : " So you wont go . " 99 " Maybe if you could tell me why , " Wilbourne said . But the other didn't answer . He took an immaculate handkerchief ...
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