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 161
... trying to reach any destination , just trying to keep the skiff afloat until he did . He wanted so little . He wanted nothing for himself . He just wanted to get rid of the woman , the belly , and he was trying to do that in the right ...
... trying to reach any destination , just trying to keep the skiff afloat until he did . He wanted so little . He wanted nothing for himself . He just wanted to get rid of the woman , the belly , and he was trying to do that in the right ...
Pàgina 165
... trying to tell it , he could feel again the old unforgettable affront- ing like an ague fit as he watched the ... tried to tell it , tried to explain as he had tried to explain not to the three people on the boat alone but to the entire ...
... trying to tell it , he could feel again the old unforgettable affront- ing like an ague fit as he watched the ... tried to tell it , tried to explain as he had tried to explain not to the three people on the boat alone but to the entire ...
Pàgina 238
... trying to do ? Commit sui- cide ? " " Which is the way to Vicksburg ? " " Vicksburg ? Vicksburg ? Lay alongside and ... trying to go ? " " I aint trying , " the convict said . " I'm going . Parch- man . " The man who had spoken last ...
... trying to do ? Commit sui- cide ? " " Which is the way to Vicksburg ? " " Vicksburg ? Vicksburg ? Lay alongside and ... trying to go ? " " I aint trying , " the convict said . " I'm going . Parch- man . " The man who had spoken last ...
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