Thornton Wilder [1st ed] 9780060831363, 9780062097774, 0060831367

Preface : "the history of a writer" -- "Godly folk" -- "A foretaste of heaven" -- "Be

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English Pages xvi, 832 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Year 2012

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Thornton Wilder [1st ed]
 9780060831363, 9780062097774, 0060831367

Table of contents :
Preface : "the history of a writer" --
"Godly folk" --
"A foretaste of heaven" --
"Being left" --
Foreign devils --
"Parental expectation" --
"All aspiration" --
"Literary development" --
"The art of writing" --
Distant sons --
"Flowering into literature" --
"Heroes" --
"His own tune" --
"Choice souls" --
"All my faults and virtues" --
"Millstones" --
"The 'way within'" --
"My real vocation" --
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde --
"The finest bridge in all Peru" --
Preparation and circumstance --
"Variety, variety" --
"Home" --
"Strands and threads" --
Our living and our dying --
The village and the stars --
"Chalk ... or fire" --
"Perseverance" --
"Seeing, knowing and telling" --
"The eternal family" --
"The closing of the door" --
"Wartime" --
"Post-war adjustment exercise" --
Searching for the right way --
Kaleidoscopic views --
"The human adventure" --
"Tapestry" --
"Life and death."

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