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Violence
None
No physical violence; emotional brutality
Language
Some
Strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
A lot
Heavy alcoholism; morphine addiction central to the play
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Mutual recrimination; guilt; the trap of a family's shared wounds
What this book is about
O'Neill's 1956 autobiographical masterpiece follows the Tyrone family through a single day: James, the actor-miser; Mary, sliding back into morphine addiction; Jamie, the alcoholic eldest son; and Edmund, ill with tuberculosis. One of the greatest American plays. Features heavy alcoholism and morphine addiction. For older teens and adults.
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Morphine addiction
Alcoholism
Strong language
Emotional violence
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