Our Town (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thornton Wilder
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Symbolism
- Time of Work: 1901-1913
- Setting: New Hampshire
- Principal Characters: Dr. Gibbs, Mrs. Gibbs, George, Rebecca, Mr. Webb, Mrs. Webb, Emily, Wally, Simon Stimson
- Genres: Domestic realism, Drama
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Love or romance, Marriage, 1910’s, New England, New Hampshire, Death or dying, Small-town life, Afterlife
- Locales: Grover’s Corners, NH
The Story:
Early one morning in 1901, Dr. Gibbs returned to his home in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. He had just been across the tracks to Polish Town to deliver Mrs. Goruslowski’s twins. On the street he met Joe Crowell, the morning paperboy, and Howie Newsome, the milkman. The day’s work was beginning in Grover’s Corners. Mrs. Gibbs had breakfast ready when her husband arrived, and she called the children, George and Rebecca, to the table. After breakfast the children left for school in the company of the Webb children, Wally and Emily, who were neighbors.
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