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Wilder, Thornton 1897-1975

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451 editions published between and 2011 in 28 languages and held by 5,223 libraries worldwide
Set in 18th century Lima, Peru, a rickety bridge which has spanned a deep gorge for ages suddenly breaks, and five people plunge to their deaths. A priest who is deeply affected by the catastrophe decides to make an investigative study of the lives of the victims to determine if he can find some clue to God's intention in casting five dis-associated mortals into eternity at precisely the same moment.
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307 editions published between and 2010 in 23 languages and held by 3,746 libraries worldwide
About daily life in the fictional town of Grover's Corners, N. H.
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91 editions published between and 2006 in 16 languages and held by 3,549 libraries worldwide
At the turn of the century, an Illinois man is sentenced to death for the murder of a close friend, but escapes to South America to build a new world for himself and his family.
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182 editions published between and 2005 in 16 languages and held by 3,338 libraries worldwide
An epistolary novel re-creating the events leading to the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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63 editions published between and 2004 in 12 languages and held by 2,923 libraries worldwide
A young man drifts into Newport and in his short stay of four months gently influences the lives of various people during the 1920's.
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44 editions published between and 1998 in English and Chinese and held by 2,571 libraries worldwide
"A collection of three titles first copyrighted 1938, 1942, and 1955 respectively. In 'Our Town,' the dead of a New Hampshire village of the early 1900s appreciate life more than the living. 'The Skin of our Teeth' is an allegorical fantasy about man's struggle to survive. 'The Matchmaker' is a romantic farce set in the 1880's."
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89 editions published between and 2003 in 13 languages and held by 2,175 libraries worldwide
Meet George Marvin Brush -- Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. George 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 America itself.
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106 editions published between and 2008 in 14 languages and held by 1,530 libraries worldwide
Presents the text of the 1943 Pulitzer Prize-winning play in which the Eternal Family, George and Maggie Antrobus, their children Gladys and Henry, and their maid Sabina, endure thousands of years of near disasters.
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52 editions published between and 1997 in 7 languages and held by 1,483 libraries worldwide
Describes life in ancient Greece shortly before the beginning of the Christian era.
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38 editions published between and 1980 in English and Italian and held by 1,367 libraries worldwide
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105 editions published between and 2006 in 11 languages and held by 1,236 libraries worldwide
Two novels in one volume.
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11 editions published between and 2008 in English and held by 1,236 libraries worldwide
This collection takes the measure of Wilder's extraordinary career as a dramatist by presenting the complete span of his achievement, beginning with his early expressionist experiments and daring one-act plays, ranging through the full flowering of maturity, and encompassing the intriguing dramatic projects of his later years, such as his adaptation of the ancient story of Alcestis (The Alcestiad) and plays written for dramatic cycles based on the Seven Deadly Sins and the varied ages of an individual's life. Complementing the selection of plays is an illuminating group of essays that captures Wilder's reflections on his plays and contains a revealing epistolary account of the film adaptation of Our Town, as well as evaluations of dramatists such as Sophocles, George Bernard Shaw, and the Austrian satirist Johann Nestroy (whose farce Einen Jux will er sich machen Wilder brilliantly transformed into The Matchmaker).--From publisher description.
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8 editions published between and 1979 in English and held by 1,220 libraries worldwide
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46 editions published between and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,192 libraries worldwide
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9 editions published between and 2000 in English and held by 1,187 libraries worldwide
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18 editions published between and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,061 libraries worldwide
Volume Two of the collected short plays by one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century. Now available once more here is the author's long out-of-print first collection of one-acts, The Angel that troubled Tthe waters, along with three occasional plays, two of them previously unpublished, and Wilder's full-length play, The Alcestiad, or a Life in the sun.
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7 editions published between and 1987 in English and held by 1,030 libraries worldwide
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13 editions published between and 1992 in English and held by 913 libraries worldwide
This play deals with a widow and her 2 daughters, one who finds fulfillment in a science project. Life in the town of Grover's Corners in New Hampshire as portrayed in the prize-winning play. First produced and published in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners has become an American classic and is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play.
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22 editions published between and 1982 in English and German and held by 816 libraries worldwide
 
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controlled identity Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

Niven Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975
russ. Namensform Uajlder, Tornton 1897-1975
Uaĭlder, Tornton, 1897-1975
Uajdler, Tornton, 1897-1975 czerus
Vāilḍara, Thôrnaṭana 1897-1975
Vailders, Torntons, 1897-1975
Wilder, Thornton N.
Wilder, Thornton N. 1897-1975
Wilder, Thornton Nioen 1897-1975
Wilder, Thornton Niven.
Wilder, Thornton Niven, 1897-1975
וײלדר, תורנטון, 1897־1975
ثورنتن ويلدر، 1897-1975 م.
ויילדר, תורנטון
وايلدر، ثورنتون
王爾達
וײלדר, תורנטון
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