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Alexander's Bridge
Willa Sibert Cather
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Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges going through a mid-life crisis. Although married to his wife Winifred, Bartley resumes his acquaintance with a former lover, Hilda Burgoyne, in London. The affair proves to gnaw at Bartley’s sense of propriety and honor.
Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges going through a mid-life crisis. Although married to his wife Winifred, Bartley resumes his acquaintance with a former lover, Hilda Burgoyne, in London. The affair proves to gnaw at Bartley’s sense of propriety and honor.
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Sir Harry Towne bowed and said that he had met Mr. Alexander and his wife in Tokyo.
Mainhall cut in impatiently.
"I say, Sir Harry, the little girl's going famously to-night, isn't she?"
Sir Harry wrinkled his brows judiciously. "Do you know, I thought the dance a bit conscious to-night, for the first time. The fact is, she's feeling rather seedy, poor child. Westmere and I were back after the first act, and we thought she seemed quite uncertain of herself. A little attack of nerves, possibly."
He bowed as the warning bell rang, and Mainhall whispered: "You know Lord Westmere, of course,—t. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Me ha gustado mucho, a pesar de que la propia Willa Cather en el prólogo (que en esta edición aparece como epílogo) admite que no le parece tan buena, pues fue su primera novela, y está mucho más satisfecha con cómo le salió "Pioneros", publicada un año después.
Sí admito que la historia no tiene nad
In the preface to this edition Willa Cather writes, "Alexander's Bridge was my first novel, and does not deal with the kind of subject-matter in which I now find myself most at home." She spends the rest of the preface apologising for its existence. I feel Cather is far too tough on herself for this