Carson McCullers was born in 1917. She is the critically acclaimed author of several popular novels in the 1940s and '50s, including The Member of the Wedding (1946). Her novels frequently depicted life in small towns of the southeastern United States and were marked by themes of loneliness and spiritual isolation. McCullers suffered from ill health most of her adult life, including a series of strokes that began when she was in her 20s; she died at the age of 50. The Member of the Wedding was dramatized for the stage in ...
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Carson McCullers was born in 1917. She is the critically acclaimed author of several popular novels in the 1940s and '50s, including The Member of the Wedding (1946). Her novels frequently depicted life in small towns of the southeastern United States and were marked by themes of loneliness and spiritual isolation. McCullers suffered from ill health most of her adult life, including a series of strokes that began when she was in her 20s; she died at the age of 50. The Member of the Wedding was dramatized for the stage in the 1950s and filmed in 1952 and 1997. Other films based on her books are Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967, with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968, starring Alan Arkin) and The Ballad of the Sad Caf??? (1991).
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Add this copy of My Diary in Mexico in 1867, Including the Last Days of to cart. $53.77, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by British Library, Historical Pr.
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Add this copy of My Diary in Mexico in 1867, Including the Last Days of to cart. $450.00, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1868 by Richard Bentley.
Edition:
1868, Richard Bentley
Hardcover
Details:
Edition:
First edition
Publisher:
Richard Bentley
Published:
1868
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13656841733
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Seller's Description:
Some scattered inoffensive foxing; old newspaper clipping affixed to pastedown; slight use to cloth. 2 vols. Illustrated. 8vo, Ink gift inscription of a relative of Julius Skilton, U.S. Consul General to Mexico, on front free endpaper. A few old ink notes to text, possibly Skilton's.
