Why Marry?
A three-act play that brings the contradictions of marriage into focus through sharp exchanges between characters with different values. Its wit turns love, freedom, and social respectability into a pointed satire of the era's assumptions.
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Work Information
Is marriage a promise of happiness, or a trap of convention?
A brisk and witty play that dismantles assumptions about marriage while keeping its comic rhythm intact. It traces the tension between personal freedom and public expectation without losing its bite.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Literary Licensing, LLC
- Published
- 2014-08-07
- Pages
- 254 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.19 x 1.35 x 22.91 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781498193269
- ISBN-10
- 1498193269
- Price
- 15335 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Sociology/Marriage & Family
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1918 Edition.
Reviews
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It was not clear to me that this was a play
An old-fashioned play that would probably work better on the stage than in written form. The short description gave no details, I had expected to find a non-fiction essay on the subject.
Related Literary Awards
- Pulitzer Prize Edition 1 (1917) ・Winner