num_pages: 3
description: “The sun sank rapidly; the silvery light had faded from the bare boughs and the watery twilight was setting in when Wilson at last walked down the hill, descending into cooler and cooler depths of grayish shadow.”Against this delicate imagery, Willa Cather renders the tough inner terrain of a man in mid-life crisis. Bartley Alexander is a master bridge engineer. At forty-three he is at the height of his power, comfortable with success and all it brings. Yet he yearns for the lost vibrancy of his youth. He leads a double life, veering between his beautiful, accomplished wife and his mistress, an actress he knew as a student in Paris. This conflict creates a crack in the structure of his life which ultimately undermines him.Length 02:46:00 (from Digital Download description of the book)
language: English
title: Alexander's Bridge
titlecomplete: Alexander's Bridge
characters: Hilda Burgoyne, Bartley Alexander, Winifred Alexander, Professor Lucius Wilson
genres: Fiction, American, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Novella, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1674
publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc