Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, Signet)
142 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 1951 by Signet.
"Blanche DuBois, a haggard and fragile southern beauty finds her pathetic last grasp at happiness cruelly destroyed in large part by her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski." "A study of sexual frustration, violence, and aberration, set in New Orleans, in which Blanche Dubois' fantasies of refinement and grandeur are brutally destroyed by her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski, whose animal nature fascinates and repels her." Oxford Companion to English Lit. 5th edition.
I enjoyed this. Should be a good, quick read, especially if you enjoy some of Williams' other works like The Glass Menagerie.
The reason I liked these two plays is because the characters remind me of people I know in real life. Williams does a great job at creating realistic characters.
Part of my NoLa trip theme reading. It's a good story, if kinda creepy. And it packs in a lot of commentary on gender and class in such a short piece. I can see why it was such a huge hit.
I guess I'll need to watch the movie now.
