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Bridge of San Luis Rey, The

Bridge of San Luis Rey, The

catastrophe as act of divine providence. [Am. Lit.: The Bridge of San Luis Rey]
See: Fate
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Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Pulitzer prize-winning novel by THORNTON WILDER, published in 1927.
His most popular novel, Bridge of San Luis Rey, The (1927), examines the lives of five persons who died in the collapse of a bridge in Peru in the 18th century.
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