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Kingdom of Earth

by Tennessee Williams · 1998

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Three people - a tubercular man, his foolish new wife, and his virile half-brother - are caught in an isolated farmhouse in the path of a Mississippi flood.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 102 pages
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