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 117
... reached the village in four hours and found the letter from McCord . It con- tained a check for twenty - five dollars ; he had sold one of the puppets , and he had the promise of a job for Charlotte in a department store during the ...
... reached the village in four hours and found the letter from McCord . It con- tained a check for twenty - five dollars ; he had sold one of the puppets , and he had the promise of a job for Charlotte in a department store during the ...
Pàgina 157
William Faulkner. all but seemed to be hanging in space while the paddle still reached thrust recovered and reached again ; now instead of space the skiff became abruptly surrounded by a welter of fleeing debris - planks , small ...
William Faulkner. all but seemed to be hanging in space while the paddle still reached thrust recovered and reached again ; now instead of space the skiff became abruptly surrounded by a welter of fleeing debris - planks , small ...
Pàgina 209
... reached San Antonio , Texas , with a hundred and fifty - two dollars and a few cents . It was warm here , it was almost like New Orleans ; the pepper trees had been green all winter and the oleander and mimosa and lantana were already ...
... reached San Antonio , Texas , with a hundred and fifty - two dollars and a few cents . It was warm here , it was almost like New Orleans ; the pepper trees had been green all winter and the oleander and mimosa and lantana were already ...
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