Lie Down in DarknessKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1979 - 416 pages William Styron traces the betrayals and infidelities--the heritage of spite and endlessly 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 63
... stood watching . Very gently Helen deposited Maudie in Ella Swan's arms , whirled then savagely and in silence before the sight of everyone - including a large chow dog that had wandered over from the neighboring house , his silly ...
... stood watching . Very gently Helen deposited Maudie in Ella Swan's arms , whirled then savagely and in silence before the sight of everyone - including a large chow dog that had wandered over from the neighboring house , his silly ...
Page 222
... stood behind a tree , watching . He was doing tricks for her . He stood on the other side of the fence , a short ugly little man with a puny pock - marked face and black raked- back hair fluttering violently in the wind . His arms were ...
... stood behind a tree , watching . He was doing tricks for her . He stood on the other side of the fence , a short ugly little man with a puny pock - marked face and black raked- back hair fluttering violently in the wind . His arms were ...
Page 374
... stood separated from me for one second by the thinnest panel of oak , of us untroubled through some aerial flight across time , the ticking like music , only better , sheltered from the sun and from dying , amid the jewels and wheels ...
... stood separated from me for one second by the thinnest panel of oak , of us untroubled through some aerial flight across time , the ticking like music , only better , sheltered from the sun and from dying , amid the jewels and wheels ...
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