The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton WilderMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the kind of masterpiece that sends me back to my 5-star reviews to demote as many as possible to a humble 4.
“Her religious beliefs went first, for all she could ask of a god, or of immortality, was the gift of a place where daughters love their mothers....”
“He was contemptuous of the great persons who, for all their education and usage, exhibited no care nor astonishment before the miracles of word order in Calderon and Cervantes.”
"... that ghost of a passion which, in the most unexpected relationship, can make even a whole lifetime devoted to irksome duty pass like a gracious dream."
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