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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Perennial Classics)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Perennial Classics
Author: Thornton Wilder
"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence, Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world. By chance, a monk witnesses the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060913410
ISBN-10: 006091341X
Publication Date: 6/1986
Pages: 160
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 23 ratings
Publisher: Harpercollins
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Ok... I guess I just did not appreciate this Classic. It was very hard for me to follow. I could never get into the story. Perhaps, I will try again in the future.
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Liked the premise but got bogged down with the writing style.
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Read thisd many years age, and recently reread it for a book group. I had forgotted how profound a story it was.


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