{"product_id":"9780571205431","title":"Miss Julie and The Stronger : Two Plays","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMiss Julie and The Stronger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): August Strindberg, Frank McGuinness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank McGuinness presents scintillating new versions of two of August Strindberg's plays -- one a major work, the other less well known. \u003ci\u003eMiss Julie\u003c\/i\u003e is Strindberg's examination of power, sex, and class, set on a midsummer's eve in a nobleman's house and focusing on the shifting relationship between Miss Julie, the daughter of the house, and Jean, her father's manservant. \u003ci\u003eThe Stronger\u003c\/i\u003e is a short play that explores the complex range of emotions felt by Madame X when she encounters Mademoiselle Y, her husband's former mistress, at a fashionable cafe. Calling Mademoiselle Y worn out and evil, Madame X says that the triumph of her marriage proves she is the stronger of the two -- even though these words ring hollow, as she attempts to deceive only herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780571205431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593940676814,"sku":"9780571205431","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a5563171-a7b3-448c-ae09-c96be7ad46ca.jpg?v=1637797232","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780571205431","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}