A Streetcar Named Desire

This is my favourite play of all time. Its writing is magical and beautiful and you just get lost in the story. You can read it again and again and even that might not be enough. All the characters are beautifully portrayed, especially that of Blanche who is my favourite. Tennessee Williams is one of the greatest playwright of all times, and also my favourite. His stories have a magical charm in it, and even though the setting is often of a normal household, he can take you on a other-worldly journey. I don't have enough words to describe this magnificent play, but I can say one thing that once you start reading this play, you will never be able to put it down.

One of the best play that I've read of modern period, could relate to the character see her prejudice, downfall, hypocrisy of society

The book is light weighted and very thin. The discription is in italics and and for those who do judge a book by it's cover, this book is very pretty. The delivery was on time . It's worth the money also

All the characters are written very realistically. Blanche had all my sympathy.Although she is not the stereotypical innocent victim, she's a victim all the same. It highlights how ruthlessly the world treats women.

Best book. A classic. I have watched the movie too. Loved this.

Good

Loved it. Must read.

It’s a great book

I have just finished reading, in one huge gulp, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. 5+/5 One of the most hard hitting, moving, and intense dramas I've ever read. Blanche DuBois, fragile and barely hanging onto sanity by a finger hold. Her sister Stella who left Blanche to deal with dying relatives in a run down plantation about to be foreclosed. Stanley, the low life married to Stella. Mitch the would be suitor. They all explode onto the stage and not all survive. The setting, a rather seedy apartment in post war New Orleans. I suppose everyone knows the basic story. No need to relate it again, or allude. I want to try to impart the intensity and passion that Williams puts on the page. It staggers the reader, rendering the reader dumbstruck, unable to focus. The brutality, the violence washes over the reader in waves. The play reeks of betrayal. Read it!

I love this series of scneraios. I would like to know how many authors are included in this series.

I saw the film years ago! Of course, this is not a novel but a play, and so, you get a script to read? No problem! A couple of pages and you're into it. This is such a great story - believe me! Blanc is a wonderful character and must be a riot to play, her dialogue is just superb, putting a class barrier of extreme proportions, between her and the working class hero, Stanley, - who actually, is quite rough around the edges, though he does have some logic in the way he works things through? Stella is loyal to all, happy, a little naïve and a bit of a brick all round. Mitch is a nice guy but eventually ends up heartbroken. Great characters, great storyline, wonderfully descriptive writing and whilst we couldn't hear the music and see the graphics, it still comes over crystal clear - no wonder it's a classic. I loved it. Finally, just read through the lovely expressions in the glossary - bobby-soxer, red hots, monkey doings, turn the trick, epic fortifications! - just brilliant dialogue!

One of the classic plays of 20th American fiction. It is worthwhile reading the text as a precursor to viewing the film version

Stellllaa.... Haha that's the first thing that come to mind with this play, I absolutely loved it blanche Dubois comes right out of the page. Makes me think of the Simpsons episode where Flanders Rips his shirt open