Discuss classic and award winning ebooks with other readers. Click event title for Zoom link. Contact Lissa at classicsmodern@tscpl.org for help with the Zoom link, Facebook group or questions.
Read the ebook or listen to the audiobook
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
First published in 1927 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, The Bridge of San Luis Rey is the moving story of a tragic accident and its aftermath by American author Thornton Wilder. The novel tells the fictional story of the victims of a horrific collapse of an Incan rope bridge in Peru and how they came to be on the bridge on that fateful day. Set in the early 18th century, the novel begins with a description of the bridge's collapse, which claimed the lives of all five people who were crossing it, by the tragedy's sole witness: a Franciscan friar, Brother Juniper, who was almost crossing the bridge himself when it collapsed.
Read the ebook or listen to the audiobook on Hoopla or check out the book from the library.
Read approximately 230 pages or listen to 4 hours in audiobook.
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Wednesday April 12, 2023, 2-3 pm Zoom Link: https://tscpl.zoom.us/j/98302590636?pwd=cm9HaE42bGxHOEsvWmtMdkhxc1RWUT09
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Books/Authors/Writing |
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