Long Day's Journey into Night

Winner of the 1957 Pulitzer Prize in Drama

"The definitive edition."--Boston Globe

Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work. First published by Yale University Press in 1956, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and has since sold more than one million copies. This edition includes a Foreword by Harold Bloom, in which he writes: "By common consent, Long Day's Journey into Night is Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece. . . . The helplessness of family love to sustain, let alone heal, the wounds of marriage, of parenthood, and of sonship, have never been so remorselessly and so pathetically portrayed, and with a force of gesture too painful ever to be forgotten by any of us."

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Published Feb 8, 2002

192 pages

Average rating: 7.93

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ediehas
Feb 28, 2025
8/10 stars
really a 4.5 but can’€™t decide if i should round it up yet. this day really went 0-100 real quick. the family / sibling dynamics (read: dysfunction) were really well done and captivating but the stage directions might be the best part. really well detailed and felt like i could visualize the palu exactly as it was unfolding.
kathie
Jan 11, 2025
10/10 stars
reminded me of the great gatsby because it was american and sad and pretty and each person has their fatal flaw or whatever idk i mostly like the part where edmund is a baby(tm) and wonderful and a little in love with death

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