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 53
... Once on the terrace she shepherded the children to the door . " Peyton , " she said briskly , " you take Maudie up and help her get dressed for Sunday school . " “ Come on , Maudie , " Peyton said gently . " Let's go upstairs . Come on ...
... Once on the terrace she shepherded the children to the door . " Peyton , " she said briskly , " you take Maudie up and help her get dressed for Sunday school . " “ Come on , Maudie , " Peyton said gently . " Let's go upstairs . Come on ...
Page 326
... once , though many bore no names , they had at least a sunny plot of ground . Now no one can mark them , and the nurse- maids strolling along McDougal Street , aware only of the birds and the boys and the dusty April light , cannot know ...
... once , though many bore no names , they had at least a sunny plot of ground . Now no one can mark them , and the nurse- maids strolling along McDougal Street , aware only of the birds and the boys and the dusty April light , cannot know ...
Page 372
... once Ella and Maudie and I - we proceeded slowly across the grass , listening to the bees in the rosebush , smelling the sea . Thus once . Only I couldn't remember , but just know the mimosas near- by , and that was another time . Thus ...
... once Ella and Maudie and I - we proceeded slowly across the grass , listening to the bees in the rosebush , smelling the sea . Thus once . Only I couldn't remember , but just know the mimosas near- by , and that was another time . Thus ...
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