A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams
Fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois arrives destitute at her sister Stella's cramped New Orleans apartment, igniting a catastrophic war of wills with Stella's crude, primal husband Stanley Kowalski.
Read Time: ~2.4 hr
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller (1949)
About this book
The landmark American tragedy of Willy Loman, a traveling salesman who has deceived himself into believing that popularity and personal charisma are the keys to fortune, only to face devastating financial and psychological collapse.
Setting / LocationBrooklyn, New York
Story Era1940s Mid-Century
Protagonist / CoreWilly Loman (Aging Traveling Salesman)
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