A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams · 1947
Classics · ranked #25 in category
Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's apartment in New Orleans, retreating from a life of loss and delusion into the rough, sensual world of her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski. Williams's play is a study of the violent collision between illusion and reality, desire and destruction, and what it means to depend on the kindness of strangers.
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