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 150
... perhaps to a lesser extent . Loftis had to keep his mind off what was going to happen , and it was curious , he noticed , with what concentration he followed each stop , each turn of the hearse ahead as it passed the landmarks of the ...
... perhaps to a lesser extent . Loftis had to keep his mind off what was going to happen , and it was curious , he noticed , with what concentration he followed each stop , each turn of the hearse ahead as it passed the landmarks of the ...
Page 280
... perhaps because there were few Jews around , perhaps out of charity or good will - against Jews and only a little , for that matter , against Negroes . His suspicions had infuriated him , so that eventually he had laid them to a rather ...
... perhaps because there were few Jews around , perhaps out of charity or good will - against Jews and only a little , for that matter , against Negroes . His suspicions had infuriated him , so that eventually he had laid them to a rather ...
Page 346
... Perhaps so , but certainly less stable , " he said . " Perhaps so , " I said , " but certainly more aware of the reason for my trouble . " " Perhaps so . " " Perhaps so . " But we went on for a while , and he said , " I wish you wouldn ...
... Perhaps so , but certainly less stable , " he said . " Perhaps so , " I said , " but certainly more aware of the reason for my trouble . " " Perhaps so . " " Perhaps so . " But we went on for a while , and he said , " I wish you wouldn ...
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