The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero
"The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts" by Arthur Wing Pinero is a problem play first produced in 1893. When respectable widower Aubrey Tanqueray announces his engagement to Paula Jarman, a woman with a scandalous past, his upper-class friends are horrified. As the marriage unfolds, the couple struggles to bridge the gap between Paula and Tanqueray's proper young daughter, Ellean. But when a shocking connection from Paula's past emerges, it
threatens to destroy the fragile bonds holding the family together, leading toward an inevitable tragic conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Mrs_Tanqueray |
| Credits | E-text prepared by K Nordquist, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (archive.org/details/toronto) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Marriage -- Drama |
| Subject | Tragedies (Drama) |
| Subject | Upper class -- England -- Drama |
| Subject | Prostitutes -- England -- Drama |
| Subject | Prostitutes -- England -- Public opinion -- Drama |
| Subject | Prostitutes -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama |
| Subject | Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama |
| Subject | Remarried people -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 40736 |
| Release Date | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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