Anna Christie (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1923
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Johnny the Priest’s saloon, New York City, and Provincetown harbor
- Principal Characters: Chris Christopherson, Anna, Mat Burke, Marthy Owen
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Abused persons, Gender roles, New York City, Prostitution or prostitutes, 1910’s, Fathers, Sailing or sailors, Sweden or Swedish people
- Locales: New York, NY, Northeast (U.S.)
The Story:
Old Chris Christopherson looked upon the sea as the symbol of a malignant fate. True, he was now skipper of the coal barge, Simeon Winthrop, but in his younger days he had been an able seaman and boatswain on the old windjammers and had visited every port in the world. As far back as he knew, the men of his family in Sweden had followed the sea. His father died aboard ship in the Indian Ocean, and two of his brothers were drowned. Nor was the curse of the sea confined to the men in the family. After the news of her husband’s and her sons’ deaths,...
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