A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams
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A Streetcar Named Desire

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Language
English
Published in
Publisher
Signet
Pages
144
ISBN
9780808509059
In the humid, cramped quarters of New Orleans' French Quarter, a fragile Southern belle named Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the doorstep of her younger sister, Stella. Having lost their ancestral home, Blanche is left with nowhere else to go, her genteel sensibilities a stark contrast to the raw, vibrant world her sister now inhabits with her husband, the coarse and primal Stanley Kowalski. Blanche's presence is a disruption, bringing with her a desperate need for illusion and a past shrouded in shadows that Stanley is determined to expose.

What unfolds is a charged and volatile confrontation between fantasy and reality, a culture clash that threatens to shatter the precarious lives of all involved. The tension within the small apartment builds relentlessly, exposing the brutal realities of desire, dependence, and the deep-seated conflicts between the old world and the new. This landmark play explores the depths of the human psyche and the devastating consequences that follow when the harsh light of truth becomes impossible to avoid.

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A Streetcar Named Desire Originally published in 1947
Original language
English
Original publisher Penguin Publishing Group

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