Jane Clegg: A Play In Three Acts (1914)
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ISBN10: 1104135256
ISBN13: 9781104135256
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Mar 4 2009
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781104135256
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Mar 4 2009
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Jane Clegg: A Play In Three Acts is a dramatic work written by St. John Greer Ervine and first published in 1914. The play tells the story of Jane Clegg, a middle-aged working-class woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage to her abusive husband, Henry. Despite her difficult circumstances, Jane remains steadfast in her commitment to her family and her sense of morality. When Henry's financial misdeeds threaten to ruin their lives, Jane must confront her own feelings of loyalty and duty to her husband and children. The play explores themes of domestic abuse, class struggle, and the struggle for personal autonomy in a society that often denies it to women. With its realistic portrayal of working-class life and its sympathetic depiction of a strong, independent woman, Jane Clegg remains a powerful and moving work of drama.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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