Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages Styron's novels--such as Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie's Choice--have established him as a writer of international stature. Here he traces the betrayals, spite and disappointed love that afflict the members of a Southern family and that culminate in the suicide of the beautiful Peyton Loftis. |
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... seawall in a drizzling rain and when he bent over , unsteady , very drunk , to kiss her , the city lights drifted like embers across the darkness . Then she fled , the raindrops on her cape leaving a trail of trembling sparks . Perhaps ...
... seawall in a drizzling rain and when he bent over , unsteady , very drunk , to kiss her , the city lights drifted like embers across the darkness . Then she fled , the raindrops on her cape leaving a trail of trembling sparks . Perhaps ...
Page 42
... seawall , where he turned his gaze , overlooking the bay , there was a little patch of grass and a sycamore tree : beneath the tree a colored boy and his girl were tussling . She made a grab for him , laughing ; her mouth was big , open ...
... seawall , where he turned his gaze , overlooking the bay , there was a little patch of grass and a sycamore tree : beneath the tree a colored boy and his girl were tussling . She made a grab for him , laughing ; her mouth was big , open ...
Page 292
... sea- wall . It was chilly and he began to protest but at the edge of the seawall she turned and faced him , clutching his hand . " Did you see it ? " she said . Her voice was a hiss , like gas escaping from a bottle of soda . " What ...
... sea- wall . It was chilly and he began to protest but at the edge of the seawall she turned and faced him , clutching his hand . " Did you see it ? " she said . Her voice was a hiss , like gas escaping from a bottle of soda . " What ...
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