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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Perennial Classics)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Perennial Classics
Author: Thornton Wilder
This beautiful new edition features unpublished notes for the novel and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder. "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence Thornto...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060088873
ISBN-10: 0060088877
Publication Date: 4/1/2003
Pages: 160
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3.8 stars, based on 29 ratings
Publisher: Perennial Classics
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Ok... I guess I just did not appreciate this Classic. It was very hard for me to follow. I could never get into the story. Perhaps, I will try again in the future.
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Liked the premise but got bogged down with the writing style.
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Read thisd many years age, and recently reread it for a book group. I had forgotted how profound a story it was.


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