Long Day's Journey into Night |
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Author:
| O'Neill, Eugene |
ISBN: | 978-1-4750-5998-4 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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"Long Day's Journey Into Night" is a 1956 drama in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play is widely considered to be his masterwork. O'Neill posthumously received the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.The action covers a fateful, heart-rending day from around 8:30 am to midnight, in August 1912 at the seaside Connecticut home of the Tyrones; the semi-autobiographical representations of O'Neill himself, his older brother, and their parents at their...
More Description"Long Day's Journey Into Night" is a 1956 drama in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play is widely considered to be his masterwork. O'Neill posthumously received the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.The action covers a fateful, heart-rending day from around 8:30 am to midnight, in August 1912 at the seaside Connecticut home of the Tyrones; the semi-autobiographical representations of O'Neill himself, his older brother, and their parents at their home, Monte Cristo Cottage.One theme of the play is addiction and the resulting dysfunction of the family. All three males are alcoholics and Mary is addicted to morphine. In the play the characters conceal, blame, resent, regret, accuse and deny in an escalating cycle of conflict with occasional desperate and half-sincere attempts at affection, encouragement and consolation.Fuji Books' edition of "Long Day's Journey Into Night" contains supplementary texts:* "A Moon For The Misbegotten", O'Neill's sequel to "Long Day's Journey Into Night."* A few poems referred to in "Long Day's Journey Into Night", are reproduced in full, including Baudelaire, Kipling, Wilde, and Swinburne.* A few selected quotes of Eugene O'Neill.