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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... Poor . They were poor then , before her mother died , before the inheritance came . They loved each other . Not so much because they were poor , but because they were both still young and hadn't had to grow up to things . The apart ...
... Poor . They were poor then , before her mother died , before the inheritance came . They loved each other . Not so much because they were poor , but because they were both still young and hadn't had to grow up to things . The apart ...
Page 90
... Poor little Poland ! " " Poor us , you mean , " Mr. La Farge said . He leaned back and swal- lowed part of his ginger ale , revealing in the process a row of stained and horselike incisors . " Poor us , " he repeated . There was a ...
... Poor little Poland ! " " Poor us , you mean , " Mr. La Farge said . He leaned back and swal- lowed part of his ginger ale , revealing in the process a row of stained and horselike incisors . " Poor us , " he repeated . There was a ...
Page 105
... Poor Helen , poor Helen . That and nothing more , for a predicament , overwhelming and hopeless , such as this one , couldn't be helped by piety , or prayers , either ; it was the human condition alone that he must minister to , and by ...
... Poor Helen , poor Helen . That and nothing more , for a predicament , overwhelming and hopeless , such as this one , couldn't be helped by piety , or prayers , either ; it was the human condition alone that he must minister to , and by ...
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