The CaveIn his sixth novel, The Cave (1959), Robert Penn Warren tells the story of a young man trapped in a cave in fictional Johntown, Tennessee. His predicament becomes the center of national attention as television cameras, promoters, and newscasters converge on the small town to exploit the rescue attempts and the thousands of spectators gathered at the mouth of the cave. |
Contents
Section 1 | 2 |
Section 2 | 3 |
Section 3 | 36 |
Section 4 | 54 |
Section 5 | 66 |
Section 6 | 81 |
Section 7 | 93 |
Section 8 | 100 |
Section 14 | 222 |
Section 15 | 226 |
Section 16 | 243 |
Section 17 | 256 |
Section 18 | 277 |
Section 19 | 292 |
Section 20 | 325 |
Section 21 | 329 |
Section 9 | 135 |
Section 10 | 152 |
Section 11 | 168 |
Section 12 | 179 |
Section 13 | 207 |
Section 22 | 330 |
Section 23 | 352 |
Section 24 | 373 |
Section 25 | 376 |
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