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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Page 185
... lost our lovewords . ' " " Yes , Milton , " Dolly said . " When he was alive I hated him . Now he's gone . That's all I can say . It's different . Different . He could remember Franklin Street in Richmond when Lincoln came in April ...
... lost our lovewords . ' " " Yes , Milton , " Dolly said . " When he was alive I hated him . Now he's gone . That's all I can say . It's different . Different . He could remember Franklin Street in Richmond when Lincoln came in April ...
Page 210
... lost his scarf . In the stands Frances still sat , now with her arm around someone else's neck . Loftis turned to yell at Peyton again : it seemed miles away and , besides , she was gone . Pinned ! He had lost her . His banner was lost ...
... lost his scarf . In the stands Frances still sat , now with her arm around someone else's neck . Loftis turned to yell at Peyton again : it seemed miles away and , besides , she was gone . Pinned ! He had lost her . His banner was lost ...
Page 235
... lost . They were crazy . They weren't lost . What they were doing was losing us . " " Us ? " " Yes . They didn't lose themselves , they lost us — you and me . Look at Daddy , I love him so . But he lost me and he doesn't even know it ...
... lost . They were crazy . They weren't lost . What they were doing was losing us . " " Us ? " " Yes . They didn't lose themselves , they lost us — you and me . Look at Daddy , I love him so . But he lost me and he doesn't even know it ...
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