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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Author : Thornton Niven Wilder
Publisher : Aegitas
ISBN 13 : 0369408888
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book The Bridge of San Luis Rey written by Thornton Niven Wilder and published by Aegitas. This book was released on 2022-12-19 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story is based on a fictional disaster that occurred in Peru on July 20, 1714. A rope bridge woven by the Incas on the road between Lima and Cuzco collapsed when five people were crossing it. They all fell into the river from a great height and were killed. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar who was about to cross the bridge himself, witnessed the tragedy. Being deeply pious, he saw in what happened a possible divine providence. Did the dead deserve to have their lives cut short in such a terrible way? The monk tries to learn as much as he can about the five victims, finding and questioning people who knew them. As a result of years of investigation, he compiles a voluminous book with all the evidence he has gathered that the beginning and end of human life are part of God's plan... The Bridge of San Luis Rey won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, and remains widely acclaimed as Wilder's most famous work. In 1998, the book was rated number 37 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library on the list of the 100 best 20th-century novels. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593470958
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Bridge of San Luis Rey written by Thornton Wilder and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Pulitzer Prize-winning, fable-like short novel—by the author of Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth—has been beloved around the world for nearly a century. This splendid and profoundly moving novel begins with a simple and seemingly senseless tragedy. "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." A traveling monk, Brother Juniper, witnesses the catastrophe and becomes obsessed with investigating the lives of the five victims in order to prove that their deaths had meaning. His mission is doomed to fail, but over the course of the story, the five unlucky individuals—a noblewoman, a maid, an orphan, an old man, and a child—come to life for the reader in all of their glorious complexity. Their intertwined lives—snuffed out in one shattering moment—illuminate the biggest questions that we can ask ourselves about the nature of love and meaning of the human condition.

Heaven's My Destination

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006308015X
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Heaven's My Destination written by Thornton Wilder and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If John Steinbeck’s mighty Grapes of Wrath is the tragic novel of the Great Depression, then Heaven’s My Destination is its comic masterpiece. —J.D. McClatchy A hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world, Heaven’s My Destination introduces George Marvin Brush, one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois—and into the soul of Depression-era America itself. This special edition includes an updated afterword by Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the author and book.

The Woman of Andros

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : Novels
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Woman of Andros written by Thornton Wilder and published by Novels. This book was released on 1930 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bridge of San Luis Rey written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cabala and The Woman of Andros

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062232657
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Cabala and The Woman of Andros written by Thornton Wilder and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “For much of the twentieth century, these remarkable early novels were hidden in the great shadow of The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Now we can examine them in the spotlight for the gifts that they are—memorable monuments to style and keys to understanding Wilder’s genius.” — Penelope Niven, Thornton Wilder Biographer Two early novels by the American master with a foreword by Penelope Niven and afterword with documentary material by the author's nephew, Tappan Wilder. The Cabala, Thornton Wilder's first novel, tells the story of a young American student who spends a year in the exotic world of post-World War I Rome. While there, he experiences firsthand the waning days of a secret community (a "cabala") of decaying royalty, a great cardinal of the Roman Church, and an assortment of memorable American ex-pats. This semiautobiographical novel of unforgettable characters and human passions launched Wilder's career as a celebrated storyteller and dramatist. The Woman of Andros, set on the obscure Greek island of Brynos before the birth of Christ, explores universal questions of what is precious about life and how we live, love, and die. Eight years later, Wilder would pose those same questions on the stage in a play titled Our Town, also set in an obscure location, this time a village in New Hampshire. The Woman of Andros is celebrated for some of the most beautiful writing in American literature.

Infancy

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573622397
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Infancy written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1961 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millie the nursemaid brings baby Tommy to Central Park in the hopes of a rendezvous with the handsome Patrolman Avonzino. Mrs. Boker soon arrives with baby Moe, and as the two ladies trade snacks and advice on child rearing, the infants compare notes on their parents' bad behavior and pitiful lack of understanding. Babies act like grown-ups and grown-ups act like babies in this comedy about fulfilling basic human needs.

The Skin of Our Teeth

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573615481
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book The Skin of Our Teeth written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1972 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An Eternal Family narrowly escape one disaster after another, from ancient times to the present. Meet George and Maggie Antrobus (married only 5,000 years); their two children, Gladys and Henry (perfect in every way!); and their maid, Sabina (the ageless vamp) as they overcome ice, flood, and war -- by the skin of their teeth."--Amazon

Theophilus North

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062943367
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Theophilus North written by Thornton Wilder and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An extremely entertaining array of American life in a bygone era.” — New Yorker The last of Thornton Wilder’s works published during his lifetime, Theophilus North is part autobiographical and part the imagined adventures of Wilder’s twin brother who died at birth. This edition features an updated afterword from Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the novelist, story and setting. Setting out to see the world in the summer of 1926, Theophilus North gets as far as Newport, Rhode Island, before his car breaks down. To support himself, Theophilus takes jobs in the elegant mansions along Ocean Drive, just as Wilder himself did in the same decade. Soon the young man finds himself playing the roles of tutor, tennis coach, spy, confidant, lover, friend and enemy as he becomes entangled in adventure and intrigue in Newport’s fabulous addresses, as well as in its local boarding houses, restaurants, dives and military barracks. Narrated by the elderly North from a distance of fifty years, Theophilus North is a fascinating commentary on youth and education from the vantage point of age, and deftly displays Wilder’s trademark wit juxtaposed with his lively and timeless ruminations on what really matters, at the end of the day, about life, love, and work.

The Jewish Woman

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Woman written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Eighth Day

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062232681
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Eighth Day written by Thornton Wilder and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[Wilder's] finest and most beautiful novel. . . . Spanning two continents and several generations, it begins as a murder mystery and goes on to tell a story, at once dramatic and philosophical, about the range of human courage, aspirations, steadfastness, weakness, defeat and victory.” — New York Post This beautiful edition of Thornton Wilder’s renowned National Book Award–winning novel features a foreword by John Updike and an afterword by Tappan Wilder, who draws on unique sources as Wilder’s unpublished letters, handwritten annotations, and other illuminating documentary material. At once a murder mystery and a philosophical tale, The Eighth Day is a “suspenseful and deeply moving” (New York Times) work of classic stature that has been hailed as a great American epic. Set in a mining town in southern Illinois, the novels centers around two families blasted apart when the patriarch of one family, John Ashley, is accused of murdering his best friend. Ashley's miraculous jailbreak on the eve of his execution and his subsequent flight to South America trigger a powerful story tracing the fates of all those whose lives are forever changed by the tragedy: Ashley himself, his wife and children, and the wife and children of the victim.

The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder

Author : Gertrude Stein
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300067743
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder written by Gertrude Stein and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters trace the friendship between Stein and Wilder from late 1934 until Stein's death in 1946

Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context [4 volumes]

Author : Linda De Roche
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2067 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context [4 volumes] written by Linda De Roche and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 2067 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four-volume reference work surveys American literature from the early 20th century to the present day, featuring a diverse range of American works and authors and an expansive selection of primary source materials. Bringing useful and engaging material into the classroom, this four-volume set covers more than a century of American literary history—from 1900 to the present. Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context profiles authors and their works and provides overviews of literary movements and genres through which readers will understand the historical, cultural, and political contexts that have shaped American writing. Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context provides wide coverage of authors, works, genres, and movements that are emblematic of the diversity of modern America. Not only are major literary movements represented, such as the Beats, but this work also highlights the emergence and development of modern Native American literature, African American literature, and other representative groups that showcase the diversity of American letters. A rich selection of primary documents and background material provides indispensable information for student research.

The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume I

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
ISBN 13 : 1559368136
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume I written by Thornton Wilder and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thornton Wilder, author of such landmark works for the stage as Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth as well as the classic novel The Bridges of San Luis Rey is considered one of America's greatest man of letters. This two volume publication collects the complete short works for the stage, including a never-before-published one act play.

What America Read

Author : Gordon Hutner
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807832278
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book What America Read written by Gordon Hutner and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the vigorous study of modern American fiction, today's readers are only familiar with a partial shelf of a vast library. Gordon Hutner describes the distorted, canonized history of the twentieth-century American novel as a record of modern classic

CliffsNotes on Wilder's Our Town

Author : Gary K Carey
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544183150
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book CliffsNotes on Wilder's Our Town written by Gary K Carey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1965-05-06 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.

The Matchmaker

Author : Thornton Wilder
Publisher : Concord Theatricals
ISBN 13 : 9780573612220
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Matchmaker written by Thornton Wilder and published by Concord Theatricals. This book was released on 1957 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This play is a rewritten version of the play "The merchant of Yonkers" which was directed in 1938 ..."--P. [4].