Thornton Wilder - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thornton Wilder write by Penelope Niven. This book was released on 2012-10-30. Thornton Wilder available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Thornton Wilder: A Life brings readers face to face with the extraordinary man who made words come alive around the world, on the stage and on the page." —James Earl Jones, actor "Comprehensive and wisely fashioned….A splendid and long needed work." —Edward Albee, playwright Thornton Wilder—three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, creator of such enduring stage works as Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and beloved novels like Bridge of San Luis Ray and Theophilus North—was much more than a pivotal figure in twentieth century American theater and literature. He was a world-traveler, a student, a teacher, a soldier, an actor, a son, a brother, and a complex, intensely private man who kept his personal life a secret. In Thornton Wilder: A Life, author Penelope Niven pulls back the curtain to present a fascinating, three-dimensional portrait one of America's greatest playwrights, novelists, and literary icons.
Theophilus North
Theophilus North - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theophilus North write by Thornton Wilder. This book was released on 2019-04-09. Theophilus North available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “An extremely entertaining array of American life in a bygone era.” — New Yorker The last of Thornton Wilder’s works published during his lifetime, Theophilus North is part autobiographical and part the imagined adventures of Wilder’s twin brother who died at birth. This edition features an updated afterword from Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the novelist, story and setting. Setting out to see the world in the summer of 1926, Theophilus North gets as far as Newport, Rhode Island, before his car breaks down. To support himself, Theophilus takes jobs in the elegant mansions along Ocean Drive, just as Wilder himself did in the same decade. Soon the young man finds himself playing the roles of tutor, tennis coach, spy, confidant, lover, friend and enemy as he becomes entangled in adventure and intrigue in Newport’s fabulous addresses, as well as in its local boarding houses, restaurants, dives and military barracks. Narrated by the elderly North from a distance of fifty years, Theophilus North is a fascinating commentary on youth and education from the vantage point of age, and deftly displays Wilder’s trademark wit juxtaposed with his lively and timeless ruminations on what really matters, at the end of the day, about life, love, and work.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Bridge of San Luis Rey write by Thornton Niven Wilder. This book was released on 2022-12-19. The Bridge of San Luis Rey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story is based on a fictional disaster that occurred in Peru on July 20, 1714. A rope bridge woven by the Incas on the road between Lima and Cuzco collapsed when five people were crossing it. They all fell into the river from a great height and were killed. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar who was about to cross the bridge himself, witnessed the tragedy. Being deeply pious, he saw in what happened a possible divine providence. Did the dead deserve to have their lives cut short in such a terrible way? The monk tries to learn as much as he can about the five victims, finding and questioning people who knew them. As a result of years of investigation, he compiles a voluminous book with all the evidence he has gathered that the beginning and end of human life are part of God's plan... The Bridge of San Luis Rey won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, and remains widely acclaimed as Wilder's most famous work. In 1998, the book was rated number 37 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library on the list of the 100 best 20th-century novels. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
Heaven's My Destination
Heaven's My Destination - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Heaven's My Destination write by Thornton Wilder. This book was released on 2020-12-08. Heaven's My Destination available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “If John Steinbeck’s mighty Grapes of Wrath is the tragic novel of the Great Depression, then Heaven’s My Destination is its comic masterpiece. —J.D. McClatchy A hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world, Heaven’s My Destination introduces George Marvin Brush, one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois—and into the soul of Depression-era America itself. This special edition includes an updated afterword by Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the author and book.
Conversations with Thornton Wilder
Conversations with Thornton Wilder - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conversations with Thornton Wilder write by Thornton Wilder. This book was released on 1992. Conversations with Thornton Wilder available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Collected interviews with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and playwright most widely known today for his play, Our Town
