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  <default_description>Bartley Alexander, a construction engineer, is a middle-aged man torn between Winifred, his demanding American wife, and Hilda Burgoyne, his alluring British mistress. Alexander\'s relationship with Hilda erodes his sense of honor and eventually proves disastrous when a bridge he is constructing begins to collapse. Alexander\'s Bridge is an instructive, thought-provoking study of a man\'s growing awareness of his loss of integrity. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not sure what moral is being taught in this story...it seemed to set up a situation and never really resolve or develop it enough.  I think in the end the lesson to be learned is to &quot;not put off for tomorrow what can be done today&quot;, or &quot;some guys are cowards ruled by hormones&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40452093">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book on tape.  &quot;Alexander's Bridge&quot; is a novella with a dated morality.  Bradly (I think) Alexander is an architect/engineer who builds bridges.  He is seen by his friend and teacher as a somewhat unstoppable force with flaws.  He's idolized by his clever and self-contained wife.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11383478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this her first published novel, Willa Cather is still relying highly on the Jamesian settings and style. But the story is an interesting one that examines the role of the artist and the artistic process, metaphorically]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although Cather wrote her first novel attempting to imitate the realist style of Henry James, she still managed to come up something original and clever. It's not her greatest novel, but I enjoy how tight and structured Alexander's doomed love story is. It's a great book to use when teaching Marxist...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3295027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of Cather's I'd never heard of.  It's a quick read and enjoyable.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Man builds bridge. Bridge is youth. Bridge falls down. Death of youth. Fin.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Willa Cather's first novel. I hadn't really heard of it, but love her other works, so I tried it out. Her characters and plot line are very Edith Wharton-ish, but not nearly as well-executed. This kind of plot line is unusual for Ms. Cather. In her preface, she sounds like she's making excus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9470707">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Willa Cather's first novel.  It was very Edith Wharton-y, not Willa Cather-y.  I ain't complainin'.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Early Cather.  Better than she herself thought.]]></body>
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