Dec 19, 2009

Desire Under the Elms | Desire Under the Elms

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Author: Eugene O’Neill
First Published: 1925
Type of Work: Drama
Type of Plot: Tragedy
Time of Work: 1850
Setting: A farmhouse in New England
Principal Characters: Ephraim Cabot, Simeon, Peter, Eben, Abbie
Genres: Drama
Subjects: Parents and children
Locales: New England

The Story:

When the news of gold discoveries in California reached New England, Simeon and Peter Cabot, who had spent their lives piling up stones to fence their father’s farm, became restless. In the summer of 1850 they were ready to tear down the fences that seemed to hem them in, to rebel against their close-fisted old father, and for once in their lives to be free. One day, Ephraim Cabot hitched up his rig and drove off, leaving the farm in charge of his three sons, Sim, Peter, and their younger half brother, Eben, all three of whom hated their father and saw him for what...

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Desire Under the Elms | Desire Under the Elms

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