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The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts

by Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934

BookID: 40736

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Marriage -- DramaTragedies (Drama)Upper class -- England -- DramaProstitutes -- England -- Drama

Description

"The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts" by Arthur Wing Pinero is a problem play first produced in 1893. When respectable widower Aubrey Tanqueray announces his engagement to Paula Jarman, a woman with a scandalous past, his upper-class friends are horrified. As the marriage unfolds, the couple struggles to bridge the gap between Paula and Tanqueray's proper young daughter, Ellean. But when a shocking connection from Paula's past emerges, it threatens to destroy the fragile bonds holding the family together, leading toward an inevitable tragic conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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