The bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder
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THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
THORNTON WILDER
1st printing - May, 1939
CONTENTS
PART ONE: PERHAPS AN ACCIDENT PART TWO: THE MARQUESA DE MONTEMAYOR PART THREE: ESTEBAN PART FOUR: UNCLE PIO PART FIVE: PERHAPS AN INTENTION
To My Mother
Part One
PERHAPS AN ACCIDENT
On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below. This bridge was on the high-road, between Lima and Cuzco and hundreds of perso ...