The Skin of Our Teeth (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thornton Wilder
- First Published: 1942
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Phantasmagoric
- Time of Work: All human history
- Setting: Excelsior, New Jersey, and the boardwalk at Atlantic City
- Principal Characters: Mr. Antrobus, Mrs. Antrobus, Gladys, Henry, Sabina
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Parody, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, 1940’s, Human race, New Jersey, Servants, Ice Age, Dinosaurs
- Locales: Atlantic City, NJ, Excelsior, NJ
The Story:
A great wall of ice was moving southward over the land, bringing with it an unprecedented cold spell in August. In Hartford they were burning pianos, and it was impossible to reach Boston by telegraph. The people did nothing but talk about the looming catastrophe. So far, only the extreme cold had reached Excelsior, New Jersey, where Mr. and Mrs. George Antrobus lived in an attractive suburban residence. Their rather commonplace lives were to be greatly changed by the extreme form that the weather had taken.
Mr. Antrobus was a fine man, a sterling example for...
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