- Drama, Terminally ill, Fathers and sons, Inheritance and succession
Members of a neurotic Southern family gather to face the impending death of their patriarch, Big Daddy, and battle over the inheritance of his vast estate.
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Classical in form, earnest, intimate and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Tennessee Williams
- First published
- 1955
- Pages
- 158
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group, New American Library, Dramatists Play Serivce
- Editions
- 69
- Language
- English, German, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780141975078
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