Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy

Extended Description and Notes

O'Neill, Eugene: Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy (1931 First Edition, Horace Liveright, Inc. w/Dj) DRAMA. Three Plays, or parts: Homecoming, The Hunted, The Haunted. RARE. Used. Very Good Condition/ Good- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original Cover Price is $2.50. Jacket has some loss at the spine. Now protected by mylar wrap. Please see our photos. Plot Summary: " Mourning Becomes Electra is a story styled after the Greek legend and the title refers to how the lead character is condemned to a life of mourning the disasters that befall her family. In the Greek legends, Electra is the sister to Orestes, and they are the children of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon."

Bookseller

Mary Riversong Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

511ONeillElectra

Title

Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy

Author

O'Neill, Eugene

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Very Good

Jacket Condition

Good-

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First Edition

Publisher

Horace Liveright, Inc.

Place of Publication

New York

Date Published

1931

Pages

256

Size

5 3/4 X 8 3/8

Weight

0.00 lbs

Keywords

Eugene O'Neill, Drama, Theatre, Playright, Americana, Drama, Rosalind Russell, Performing Arts, Books Into Film, 20th Century Literature, Homecoming, Hunted, Haunted, angst, family dynamics

Bookseller catalogs

Books Into Film; Performing Arts; women's Studies; Drama; 20th Century Literature; Psychological Fiction;

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