false 12083 22 This work is interesting enough for its history. Completed in 1940, <i>Long Day's Journey Into Night</i> is an autobiographical play Eugene O'Neill wrote that--because of the highly personal writing about his family--was not to be released until 25 years after his death, which occurred in 1953. But since O'Neill's immediate family had died in the early 1920s, his wife allowed publication of the play in 1956. Besides the history alone, the play is fascinating in its own right. It tells of the "Tyrones"--a fictional name for what is clearly the O'Neills. Theirs is not a happy tale: The youngest son (Edmond) is sent to a sanitarium to recover from tuberculosis; he despises his father for sending him; his mother is wrecked by narcotics; and his older brother by drink. In real-life these factors conspired to turn O'Neill into who he was--a tormented individual and a brilliant playwright. 809292 book 1950 Long Day's Journey Into Night total:2617|5:1039|4:914|3:513|2:121|1:30| 2617 10662 3229 167 12083 0300093055 9780300093056 2344 141 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491691m/12083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12083.Long_Day_s_Journey_into_Night 5 2 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 13 09:54:07 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 09:56:23 -0800 2008 3
To quote the Wikipedia entry on this work;
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The theory being that while O'Neill finished his last full realized...more...]]> 12083 0300093055 9780300093056 2344 141 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491691m/12083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12083.Long_Day_s_Journey_into_Night 5 0 false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 15:41:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 10:01:58 -0700 2009 1
This is the first O'Neill play I have read, and I have to say that I found it e...more...]]> 12083 0300093055 9780300093056 2344 141 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491691m/12083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12083.Long_Day_s_Journey_into_Night 4 1 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 22 12:56:35 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 29 13:16:51 -0700 2009
So I decided to fix this tragic problem, picking the play that...more...]]> 12083 0300093055 9780300093056 2344 141 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491691m/12083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12083.Long_Day_s_Journey_into_Night 5 0 false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Feb 20 11:56:53 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 11:58:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12083 0300093055 9780300093056 2344 141 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491691m/12083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12083.Long_Day_s_Journey_into_Night 4 0 false Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 19 19:03:19 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 08 07:58:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 12083 0300093055 9780300093056 2344 141 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491691m/12083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12083.Long_Day_s_Journey_into_Night 3 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 14 21:21:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 21:25:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1257269 0300046014 9780300046014 101 9 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223629413m/1257269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1257269.Long_Day_s_Journey_into_Night 4 0 false Mon Oct 15 09:23:37 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 09:38:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 12083 0300093055 9780300093056 2344 141 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491691m/12083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12083.Long_Day_s_Journey_into_Night 5 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 10 18:10:42 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 16:47:51 -0700 2008
To quote the Wikipedia entry on this work;
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It's the physicality of drama that I admire most--the fact that O'Neill could describe Mary's hands so well, her movements, the looks on everybody's faces.

I couldn't read this fast enough.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1016258