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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Moneymaker. Thornton Wilder made a whopping $87,000 in royalties from the first edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey—about $1,000,000 today.
Real-Life Implications. At a memorial ceremony shortly after the September 11 attacks in New York City, British Prime Minister Tony Blair chose to read aloud the last paragraph of The Bridge of San Luis Rey.