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Thornton Wilder

17 April 1897 - 7 December 1975

Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.

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  • Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey

    First published in 1927 95 editions in 8 languages — 12 previewable Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000wild Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000unse Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000wild_r4z2 Cover of edition bridgesanluisrey00wild Cover of edition bridegeofsanluis0000unse Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr00wild Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000wild_t6d0 Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000unse_n7y6 Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000wild_d8h4
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  • Cover of: Our Town (Perennial Classics)

    First published in 1938 37 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition ourtownplayinthr0000wild_w2r2 Cover of edition ourtown00thor Cover of edition ourtownbardbooks00thor Cover of edition ourtownplayinthr00wild_1
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  • Cover of: The Ides of March

    First published in 1948 24 editions in 4 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition idesofmarch00wild Cover of edition idesofmarch0000wild Cover of edition idesofmarch0000wild_b3y7 Cover of edition idesofmarch0000wild_d9c0 Cover of edition idesofmarch0000wild_p8z0
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

    First published in 2003 4 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_i1u3 Cover of edition prenticehalllite00na Cover of edition americanexperien00kate
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  • Cover of: The skin of our teeth: play in three acts

    First published in 1942 13 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition skinofourteethpl0000wild_d6m5 Cover of edition skinofourteethpl0000wild_c4m0
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  • Cover of: Heaven's my destination.

    First published in 1934 18 editions in 4 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition heavensmydestina00wild
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  • Cover of: Theophilus North

    First published in 1973 10 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition theophilusnorth00wild Cover of edition theophilusnorth00thor Cover of edition theophilusnorth0000wild Cover of edition theophilusnorth0000wild_l2j9
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  • Cover of: The eighth day

    First published in 1967 20 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition eighthdaythe00wild Cover of edition eighthday0000wild
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  • Cover of: The long Christmas dinner: & other plays in one act.

    First published in 1933 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The long Christmas dinner, and other plays in one act

    First published in 1931 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition longchristmasdin00wild Cover of edition longchristmasdin0000wild_p4w9
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The cabala

    First published in 1926 22 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition cabala0000wild_v3s9 Cover of edition cabalawild00wild Cover of edition cabalaandwomanof0000wild Cover of edition cabalawoman00wild
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  • Cover of: The matchmaker: a farce in four acts

    First published in 1955 7 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The complete text of The matchmaker

    First published in 1958 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The collected short plays of Thornton Wilder

    First published in 1997 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Contemporary Drama: Eleven Plays: American - English - European

    First published in 1950 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition contemporarydram0000unse_g5a7 Cover of edition dramacontemporaryele00wats
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  • Cover of: A Thornton Wilder trio: The cabala, The bridge of San Luis Rey, The woman of Andros.

    First published in 1934 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The woman of Andros

    First published in 1930 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Three plays by Thornton Wilder: Our town, The skin of our teeth, The matchmaker

    First published in 1961 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition threeplaysbythor00wild
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  • Cover of: Our town ; The skin of our teeth ; The matchmaker

    First published in 1962 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Drama, American drama (dramatic works by one author), American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, History, American drama, Wilder, thornton, 1897-1975, Drama (dramatic works by one author), American Authors, City and town life, Fiction, general, One-act plays, Plays, American literature, Death, Large type books, Literature, Alcestis (Greek mythology), American, Classic, Classic Literature, Collections, Correspondence, Social life and customs, Study and teaching
Places
Peru, United States, Alabama, England, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Israel, Mallard residence, Middle West, Milford meeting house, New Hampshire, Newport (R.I.), Owl Creek Bridge, Rome, South America, Algonquin, Andover, Barbados, Boston, China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, London, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony
People
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), Julius Caesar, Brently Mallard, Colonel Killigrew, Dr. Heidegger, Elizabeth, James Joyce (1882-1941), Josephine, Louise Mallard, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Hooper, Mr. Medbourne, Peyton Farquhar, Richards, Sylvia Ward, Widow Wycherley, Abigail Williams, Adaline Glasheen, Alfred Doolittle, Amanda Wingfield, Amy Drevenstedt, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Bernard, Betty Parris
Time
20th century, 1861-1865, 19th century, 53-44 B.C., American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, 1714, 1861-65, 1885 to 1905, 18th Century / 20th Century, 18th century, 1912, 20th Century: 53-44 B.C., Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, December

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  • Thornton Niven Wilder
  • Thornton WILDER
  • THORNTON WILDER
  • Wilder, Thornton Niven
  • Thornton wilder
  • Wilder. Thornton
  • Wilder Thornton (Signed)
  • Thornton; Thornton Wilder (Author and Preface by) Wilder
  • thornton wilder
  • Thornton (1897-1975) Wilder

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August 18, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
July 7, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import