300px. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Doña María takes as her companion Pepita, a girl raised at the Convent of Santa María Rosa de las Rosas. In The Bridge of San Luis Rey’s conclusion, “Perhaps an Intention,” Brother Juniper’s painstaking research reveals the error of his initial hypothesis about the victims of the bridge collapse: “…the wicked [were] visited by destruction and the good called early to Heaven.”1 Disheartened and distraught, Brother Juniper tears up his findings and casts them into the Pacific. Among the plethora of themes Wilder incorporates in his novel — obsession, isolation, neglect, and death — the common thread among these themes is love. Laurence Stallings of McCall’s called the novel “the philosophical novel brought to perfection.”8 Confirming The Bridge of San Luis Rey initial reception, the novel was ranked thirty-seventh on the Modern Library Board’s list of the hundred best novels of the twentieth century.9. Brother Juniper then embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. 2. Uncle Pio acts as Camila Perichole's valet, and, in addition, "her singing-master, her coiffeur, her masseur, her reader, her errand-boy, her banker; rumor added: her father." Permalink. Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1928 Library locations General Research Division Shelf locator: *IIA+ (New York Public Library. Philosophically, the book explores the problem of evil, or the question, of why unfortunate events occur to people who seem "innocent" or "undeserving". Published: 1927. & C. Boni edition, Microform in English It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. Octavo, 235pp. Ed. [2], The bridge itself (in both Wilder's story and Mérimée's play) is based on the great Inca road suspension bridge across the Apurímac River, erected around 1350, still in use in 1864, and dilapidated but still hanging in 1890. Genre. A deeply pious man who seeks to provide some sort of empirical evidence that might prove to the world God's Divine Providence, he sets out to interview everyone he can find who knew the five victims. Esteban goes to the bridge and is on it when it collapses. THORNTON WILDER. All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren (Harcourt) 1945. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Wilder, Thornton, Illustrated by Drevenstedt, Amy. I enjoyed this novella very much. Part Two focuses on one of the victims of the collapse: Doña María, the Marquesa de Montemayor. For further discussions of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, please visit the Bibliography. God's love has to transcend his just retribution. However, the central idea of the work, the justification for a number of human lives that comes up as a result of the sudden collapse of a bridge, stems from friendly arguments with my father, a strict Calvinist. The Bridge of San Luis Rey The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder 's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. But in my novel I have left this question unanswered. Share to Facebook ... a rickety bridge which has spanned a deep gorge for ages suddenly breaks, and five people plunge to their deaths. Doña María has new insight into the ways in which her own life and love for her daughter have lacked bravery. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) adalah sebuah film yang dirilis oleh Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer dalam versi bisu dan bersuara. The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. Winner of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey begins: “On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below.” Much like the opening of The Eighth Day (1967), Wilder begins at the height of havoc. Doña María sees the letter on the table when she gets back and reads it. Single tickets are also on sale via BASS. All are, in one way or another, impure.”7 The impurity of love in characters such as the Marquesa de Montemayor and her daughter Doña Clara causes them to struggle to expel their illusions and accept each other as they truly are. In so doing, he asks the novel’s pivotal question: “Why did this happen to those five?” The Bridge of San Luis Rey is comprised of five parts or chapters; the first, entitled “Perhaps an Accident,” introduces readers to the tragedy and Brother Juniper’s role in its history. “Archbishop Inquisitor.” Sight and Sound 13.8 (18-20 Aug 2003): 18-20. Esteban encourages his brother to follow her, but instead Manuel swears that he will never see her again. Dodd, Wilson. Deeply affected by the lives lost in the bridge’s collapse, Brother Juniper begins a mission to uncover the truth about the five victims. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. The only way that they can communicate comfortably is by letter, and Doña María pours her heart into her writing, which becomes so polished that her letters will be read in schools for hundreds of years after her death. This is certainly true of Thornton Wilder. Through it all, Uncle Pio remains faithfully devoted to her, but as Camila ages and bears three children by the Viceroy she focuses on becoming a lady rather than an actress. As Kuner writes, “Every type of love is scrutinized in this novel: primitive sexual love, exaggerated fraternal love, one-sided mother love. Most of the events were invented by me, including the fall of the bridge. 1929 LONGMANS, Illustrated EDITION. Thornton Niven Wilder(1897 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. 1Wilder, Thornton. Dispatched with Hermes Tracked. [3] When asked by the explorer Victor Wolfgang von Hagen whether he had ever seen a reproduction of E. G. Squier's woodcut illustration of the bridge as it was in 1864, Wilder replied: "It is best, von Hagen, that I make no comment or point of it. According to the Marquesa, Pio was an “aged Harlequin.” In addition to guiding the Perichole’s career, he has been an adventurer, a linguist, a teacher, and an expert on Spanish literature, especially the literature of the theater. The noon collapse of the bridge of San Luis Rey, not only killed the poor unfortunates, but maybe more important, showed the world, how precious life is. 34. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY. 1927 - 1928. 3: 2. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Collection of book jackets) Library has: 1926/27-1947 Shelf locator: *IIA+ (New York Public Library. The first few pages of the first chapter explain the book's basic premise: the story centers on a fictional event that happened in Peru on the road between Lima and Cuzco, at noon on Friday, July 20, 1714. 1927. Type: Novel. “The Marquesa de Montemayor” presents how the eponymous character based on the distinguished French letter-writer, Madame de Sevigne, and Pepita, a teenage girl the Marquesa borrowed from the convent, both die in the bridge collapse. Uncle Pio has devoted much of his life to Camila Perichole, the most celebrated actress in Peru, if not in all of the Spanish world. Strict Puritans imagine God all too easily as a petty schoolmaster who minutely weights guilt against merit, and they overlook God's 'Caritas' which is more all-encompassing and powerful. 1928. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. “On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge Share to Twitter. Esteban offers to send for the Perichole, but Manuel refuses. On the day of the bridge’s collapse, Uncle Pio perishes along with Camila’s epileptic son, Jaime, who had recently been entrusted to his care. As I said earlier, we can only pose the question correctly and clearly, and have faith one will ask the question in the right way. Brickell, Herschel. Very Good+ in a Good+ DJ.Light mauve-gray cloth boards with green and black titles and embossed design--corners lightly bumped, decorated map endpapers--rear ffep has bookstore stamp for the Frigate Book Shop. (May 1928): 124. Later, she asks Pepita about the letter, and Pepita says she tore it up because the letter was not brave. English Quarter 2 2/19/20 The Bridge of San Luis Rey Test 1. Esteban and Manuel are twins who were left at the Convent of Santa María Rosa de las Rosas as infants. Teachers and parents! His life "became too complicated" and he fled to Peru. When a smallpox epidemic sweeps through Lima, Camila is disfigured by it. The Abbess has also watched over the orphaned twins Esteban and Manuel. The spine may show signs of wear. Illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. 6Wilder, 9. The story reflects great artistic talent and erudition of Thornton Wilder. Clara was indifferent to her mother, though, and became engaged to a Spanish man and moved across the ocean to Spain where she married. Published: 1927Type: NovelAward: Pulitzer Prize. He begs her to allow him to take her son to Lima and teach the boy as he taught her. It was, however, a novel set in Peru, about the people of Peru several centuries before, and one of the jury members even stated that “it is a mere subterfuge to say that it has anything to do with the highest standards of American manners … Connolly, Cyril. However, the central idea of the work, the justification for a number of human lives that comes up as a result of the sudden collapse of a bridge, stems from friendly arguments with my father, a strict Calvinist. He compiles his huge book of interviews with complete faith in God's goodness and justice, but a council pronounces his work heretical, and the book and Brother Juniper are publicly burned for their heresy. At the Convent of Santa María Rosa de las Rosas, the Abbess feels, having lost Pepita and the twin brothers, that her work to help the poor and infirm will die with her. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1952. The Bridge of San Luis Rey Wilder, Thornton, Illustrated by Drevenstedt, Amy; Drevenstedt, Amy [Illustrator] Published by Albert and Charles Boni (1928) Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A. "[2] Describing the sources of his novel, Wilder explained that the plot was inspired, in its external action by a one-act play [Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement] by [the French playwright] Prosper Mérimée, which takes place in Latin America and one of whose characters is a courtesan. The story was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1928 and remains iconic in literary circles. Lacking original dust jacket. Perichole flirts with Manuel and swears him to secrecy when she retains him to write letters to her lover, the Viceroy. Copy. This book took me by surprise and was such a breath of fresh air as I’ve been trudging through the 1920s. “The Ways of Man to Man.” Saturday Review of Literature 4 (3 Deccember 1927): 371. Good. She avoids Uncle Pio, and when he talks to her she tells him to not use her stage name. When they became older, they decided to be scribes. 5Goldstein, 60. The Marquesa writes her daughter voluminous letters. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. 9Paul, Lewis, “Ulysses at Top as Panel Picks 100 Best Novels,” 4. Collection. Thornton Wilder’s second novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, was published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.[9]. As the reader learns, serving as Perichole’s uncle-mentor is only one of the many roles Uncle Pio plays; he is an adventurer, linguist, teacher, and Spanish theater aficionado. The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder’s second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. He finds work as the confidential agent of the Viceroy of Peru. In the final flashback Uncle Pio (Akim Tamiroff) tells Brother Juniper (Donald Woods) what he saw on 20 July 1714. [5] The name of the bridge is drawn from the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in San Diego County, California. Apart from his style and integration of philosophical and symbolic content in The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Wilder’s use of an unidentified first-person narrator enables the reader to experience more than simply Brother Juniper’s limited point of view. Buy The Bridge of San Luis Rey Unabridged by Wilder, Thornton, Waterston, Sam (ISBN: 9781565112216) from Amazon's Book Store. Esteban agrees, then refuses, then acquiesces if he can get all his pay in advance to buy a present for the Abbess before he departs. Yes, that Thornton Wilder, as in the author of one of the most performed high school plays ever, Our Town. Captain Alvarado is captain of the sea. AbeBooks.com: The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1928): Hardcover, 1928 Albert & Charles Boni New York 235 pages. Date Issued. Pepita goes along as company and to supervise the staff. One day, he discovers a twelve-year-old café singer, Micaela Villegas, and takes her under his protection. She takes her young son Don Jaime, who suffers from convulsions, to the country. 8Stallings, Laurence. At the time of her death, she is estranged from the person she loves most in the world, her daughter Clara. “The Letters of Benammi CCCCLX.—In the Country of the Bridge of San Luis Rey.” Jewish Chronicle (31 August 1928): 13. Esteban, distraught at the recent loss of Manuel, who died from an infected gash on his leg, attempts suicide but is prevented by Captain Alvarado. The bridge of San Luis Rey. Download Options. That night Esteban attempts suicide but is saved by Captain Alvarado. Their closeness becomes strained when Manuel falls in love with Camila Perichole, a famous actress. [It is interesting to remember that Thornton Wilder had a twin brother who died at birth.]. "Sooo much more helpful than SparkNotes. Share to Twitter. Over the course of six years, he compiles a huge book of all of the evidence he gathers to show that the beginning and end of a person is all part of God's plan for that person. More Details Cite This Item Image ID 489996. “Thornton Wilder.” The Shores of Light. Award: Pulitzer Prize. Our Teacher Edition on The Bridge of San Luis Rey can help. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927) tells the story of several unrelated people who happen to be on a bridge in Peru when it collapses, killing them. 4Castronovo, 51. Uncle Pio sees her one night trying hopelessly to cover her pockmarked face with powder; ashamed, she refuses to ever see him again. His decision to join the captain’s crew for a long voyage causes Esteban to be on the bridge at the exact moment of its collapse. Wilder received nearly universal praise for The Bridge of San Luis Rey. He won threePulitzer Prizes for the novelThe Bridge of San Luis Rey, and for the playsOur TownandThe Skin of Our Teeth and a U.S.National Book Awardfor the novelThe Eighth Day. Even memory is not necessary for love. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) is a film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in both silent and part-talkie versions. > 973-655-5135 > [email protected]. text. [6], The Bridge of San Luis Rey won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel,[7][8] and remains widely acclaimed as Wilder's most famous work. An uncommon novel because it … Share to Reddit. The bridge of San Luis Rey Item Preview > remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. She writes her "first letter" (actually Letter LVI) of courageous love to her daughter, but two days later, returning to Lima, she and Pepita are on the bridge of San Luis Rey when it collapses. He came to realize that he had just three interests in the world: independence; the constant presence of beautiful women; and the masterpieces of Spanish literature, particularly those of the theater. Collection of book jackets. A rope bridge woven by the Inca a century earlier collapsed at that particular moment, while five people were crossing it, sending them falling from a great height to their deaths in the river below. Description. View The Bridge of San Luis Rey Test (1).pdf from ENGLISH 367.02H at Ohio State University. Wilder then introduces Brother Juniper, a Franciscan missionary who witnessed the tragedy. “An Act of God.” Tablet 151 (4 February 1928): 146-147. Christensen, Peter G. “Human Relatedness and Narrative Technique in the Early Novels of Thornton Wilder and Glenway Wescott.” Thornton Wilder: New Essays. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, 1928, A. Winners in Novel. 1927. After many years of success, the Perichole becomes bored with the stage. Another Bridge.” Providence (R.I.) Evening Bulletin 17 February 1928, sec. Camila gains comfort and insight from the Abbess and, it is later revealed, becomes a helper at the Convent. Esteban, who is thrown to his death when the bridge goes down, has been in such despair over Manuel’s recent death that he has contemplated suicide. Gossip about his ensuing strange behavior spreads all over town. [2], When asked if his characters were historical or imagined, Wilder replied, "The Perichole and the Viceroy are real people, under the names they had in history [a street singer named Micaela Villegas and her lover Manuel de Amat y Junyent, who was Viceroy of Peru at the time]. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder (Boni) Share: Twitter Facebook Email. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927), a bestseller that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1927, is the story of a group of assorted people who happen to be on a bridge in Peru when it collapses. One is about the search for meaning after a fatal bridge collapse in Peru, the other about life in a small New Hampshire town. The reader learns of the Marquesa’s arranged marriage and estranged daughter who, despite the Marquesa’s constant letters and obvious affection, shuns her mother. Division. The Abbess’s witnessing of Camila and Doña Clara’s spiritual awakening triggers a realization that acts as Wilder’s ultimate commentary: “‘But soon we shall die and all memory of those five will have left the earth, and we ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten. “New Novels.” New Statesman 30 (26 November 1927): 208-209. But in my novel I have left this question unanswered. Captain Alvarado, a well-known sailor and explorer, goes to see Esteban in Cuzco and hires him to sail the world with him, far from Peru. Film tersebut disutradarai oleh Charles Brabin dan menampilkan Lili Damita dan Don Alvarado.Hanya versi bisunya yang disimpan di arsip film George Eastman House.. Pemeran. 1947. Over the course of years, as they travel from tavern to tavern throughout Latin America, she grows into a beautiful and talented young woman. Doña María visits her daughter in Spain, but when they cannot get along, she returns to Lima. Strict Puritans imagine God all too easily as a petty schoolmaster who minutely weights guilt against merit, and they overlook God’s Caritas’ which is more all- encompassing and powerful. ", Thornton Wilder said that the book poses the question: "Is there a direction and meaning in lives beyond the individual's own will? The Bridge Of San Luis Rey Item Preview > remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Martin Blank. Lightly bumped corners and spine, light toning to spine. 3Wilson, Edmund. They are so close that they have developed a secret language that only they understand. Kinninmont, Kenneth. By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. When asked if his characters were historical or imagined, Wilder replied, “The Perichole and the Viceroy are real people, under the names they had in history. Lili Damita sebagai Camila (La Perichole); Ernest Torrence sebagai Paman Pio When Doña María is out at the shrine, Pepita stays at the inn and writes a letter to her patron, the Abbess María del Pilar, complaining about her misery and loneliness. Esteban has no idea of their relationship until she turns up at the twins' room one night in a hurry and has Manuel write to a matador with whom she is having an affair. When the Abbess comes to prepare the body, she asks Esteban his name, and he says he is Manuel. The lonely Marquesa’s companion at home and on the doomed bridge is Pepita, an orphan who was reared by the Abbess Madre Maria del Maria, one of the great women of Peru. In 1928, the same jury from the year before convened and unanimously nominated Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey for the Pulitzer Prize. It is not until Part Three, “Esteban,” that the reader learns of twins brothers Esteban and Manuel, who were also orphans raised by the Abbess. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. The 1928 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel. “Booth of the Month: The Bridge of San Luis Rey.” McCall’s. The Abbess of the convent, Madre María del Pilar, developed a fondness for them as they grew up. Previous owners note on front free endpaper, occasional pencil marks. Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey was the 1928 Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It is because he has decided to “push on” and to go to sea that he is on the bridge at the exact moment of its collapse. 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At first glance, his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and his play Our Town may appear to have little in common. The Archbishop, the Viceroy, and Captain Alvarado are at the ceremony. Hardcover. Pepita, who serves as the Marquesa’s only companion, is an orphan raised by the Abbess Madre María del Maria, one of the great women of Peru. Brother Juniper labors for six years on his book about the bridge collapse, talking to everyone he can find who knew the victims, trying various mathematical formulas to measure spiritual traits, with no results beyond conventionally pious generalizations. Original tan cloth covers. Work Description. Wilder populated his novel with an interesting cast of characters. General Research Division. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. As I said earlier, we can only pose the question’ correctly and clearly, and have faith one will ask the question in the right way.”. 388. Brother Juniper, deemed a heretic by the Church for his blasphemous project, is sentenced to be burned at the stake. 2Wilder, Thornton. A year after the accident, Camila Perichole seeks out the Abbess to ask how she can go on, having lost her son and Uncle Pio. Allison, Ann C. E. “The Distaff — The Bridge of San Luis Rey — The Story of Its Parts in Five Lives — Studies in Love. 760px. When she learns that her daughter is pregnant in Spain, Doña María decides to make a pilgrimage to the shrine of Santa María de Cluxambuqua to pray that the baby will be healthy and loved. First, this book isn’t set in the United States at all. With the death of Uncle Pio and her son, Camila pursues a purer existence in the convent as a volunteer for the Abbess’s charity work, and Doña Clara comes from Spain to mourn her mother’s passing. Later, Doña Clara arrives from Spain, also seeking out the Abbess to speak with her about her mother, the Marquesa de Montemayor. Uncle Pio instructs her in the etiquette of high society and goads her to greatness by expressing perpetual disappointment with her performances. “On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below.” With this celebrated sentence Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world. The Bridge received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, was translated into many languages, and established Wilder’s reputation in “the front rank of living novelists.”. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. 7Kuner, 77. Albert and Charles Boni, 1928. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan missionary, happens to witness the tragedy, and as a result, he asks the central question of the novel: “Why did this happen to those five?” He sets out to explore the lives of the five victims, and to understand why they died. All download options. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. So begins the 1928 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. However, as the narrator expresses in “Perhaps an Accident,” “Yet for all his diligence Brother Juniper never knew the central passion of Doña Maria’s life; nor of Uncle Pio’s, not even of Esteban’s. Robert N. Lovett. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Immediately, the reader knows the tragic fate of the novel’s five main characters, but their significance is still a mystery. The novel ends with the Abbess' observation: "There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning. Uncle Pio and Jaime leave the next morning, and are the fourth and fifth people on the bridge of San Luis Rey when it collapses. The novel won thePulitzer Prizein 1928, and was the best-selling work of fiction that year. In later years, when someone asked Thornton Wilder about his purpose in writing The Bridge, he replied that he was posing a question: “Is there a direction and meaning in lives beyond the individual’s own will?”. Wilder's The Matchmaker was adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly!. The surgeon instructs Esteban to put cold compresses on the injury: the compresses are so painful that Manuel curses Esteban, though he later remembers nothing of his curses. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. "[4] In fact, in a letter to Yale professor Chauncey Tinker, Wilder wrote that he had invented the bridge altogether. In 1998, the book was rated number 37 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library on the list of the 100 best 20th-century novels. Although Brother Juniper’s investigation is discredited by the religious powers that be, the lasting effects of the bridge collapse are manifested in the penance of those who were left behind, such as Camila and Doña Clara. Part One foretells the burning of the book that occurs at the end of the novel, but it also says that one copy of Brother Juniper's book survives and is at the library of the University of San Marco, where it now sits neglected. His Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, as did two of his four full-length dramas, Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. Richard Burton (Chair) Jefferson B. Fletcher. Share to Facebook. As an awkward, homely young woman, the Marquesa was forced into an arranged marriage. Despite the novel’s neatly constructed denouement, which Castronovo deems “…clumsy and sentimental…,”4 Goldstein counters that The Bridge of San Luis Rey is “not sentimental; it offers no promises of earthly rewards and no overestimation of the worth of characters.”5 Instead, Wilder focuses on a sundry of philosophical concepts ranging from transcendentalism to existentialism to humanism. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.’”2, Although Wilder had never journeyed to Peru, his description of the country in The Bridge of San Luis Rey remains, as Edmund Wilson commented, “solid, incandescent, distinct.”3 Wilder’s superior ability to capture the essence of an unknown place contributes to the novel’s overall tone and style. Despairing at the turn her life has taken, she reluctantly agrees. She travels across the famous bridge of San Luis Rey in her sedan chair and goes up into the beautiful and rustic hills. 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