- American drama, Marriage, Drama, Man-woman relationships
"William Inge's famous story of marital frustration which erupts in violence. Doc and Lola had an indiscreet affair, she became pregnant and, compelled to marry her, he gave up his medical studies, forfeited his future and settled down to a life of quiet desperation with the simple, homey Lola, who lost the child but has remained Doc's steadfast if slatternly wife.
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Earnest, classical in form, intimate and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- William Inge
- First published
- 1950
- Pages
- 103
- Publisher
- Random House, French, Samuel French
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780573607127
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