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Our Town

A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics)

byThornton Wilder

Who is this book for? Readers interested in classic American literature and plays.

Topics LifeDeathFamilyCommunity
MoodReflective
Female protagonist
RomanceMinor Subplot
Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize–winning drama of life in the town of Grover 's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play. It is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new Foreword by Donald Margulies, who writes, "You are holding in your hands a great American play. Possibly the great American play." In addition, Tappan Wilder has written an eye-opening new Afterword, which includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.

Language

en

Published on

23/09/2003

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780060512637

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