The Hairy Ape
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- Under 100
- First published
- 1922
- Pages
- 65
About this book
Yank is a coal stoker in the belly of a transatlantic liner, proud of his brute strength and certain that he belongs, until a wealthy young woman recoils from him and calls him a filthy beast. That single insult shatters his sense of place and sends him searching, ashore and half mad, for where he fits in a world that has no room for him. Eugene O'Neill built this 1922 play in bold expressionist strokes, staging the machinery of industry and class as a kind of cage. It is a short, ferocious work about identity, belonging, and the men modern society uses and discards.
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Book facts
- Author
- Eugene O’Neill
- First published
- 1922
- Reading time
- About 70 minutes
- Pages
- 65
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Drama
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online