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Franklin Library leather edition of Thornton Wilder's "The Cabala" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," and "The Woman of Andros," Illustrated by Dennis Luzak, a LIMITED edition, one of the COLLECTED STORIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS series, published in 1980. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has hunter green moire silk end leaves, satin book marker, gold gilding on three edges---in FINE condition. Thornton Niven Wilder, who lived from 1897---1975 was an American playwright and novelist who was born in Wisconsin, the son of a clergyman. "The Cabala" is a fantasy tale set in early 20th-century Rome and presents sketches of a group of people that share a common bond. Miss Grier, an American member of the Cabala stated: "All gods and heroes are by nature the enemies of Christianity. . .only a broken will cna enter the Kingdom of God." The narrator of the novel is a young American student and writer visiting Rome for the first time. "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," a winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, examines the effect of a violent event on an ever0widening circle of characters. When a bridge in eighteenth-century Peru collapses, five people are killed. The Spanish friar BROTHER JUNIPER witnesses the accident and is haunted by the question: "Why did this happen to THESE five?" "The Woman of Andros" is the story of a philosopher-courtesan of ancient Greece who entertains the young men of the island of Brynos, to the consternation of the Brynian elders. Cultured, beautiful, and wise, Chrysis feels despair at the vanity and emptiness she sees in most lives. Pamphilus, a regular guest at Chrysis' elegant banquets, is the son of a prominent Brynos merchant . . .and Chrysis loves and pites the young man. . . Thornton Wilder won three Pulitzer Prizes. 285 pages. I offer Combined shipping.