Tea and Sympathy
by Robert Anderson
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0451013433
- ISBN 13
- 9780451013439
- Seller
-
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Signet, 1956-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0.4000 in x 7.0000 in x 4.9000 in. 1st printing. Light wear, tanning. Spine cocked. Clean, tight copy. G+
Reviews
On May 9 2011, EarlEDoors said:
A play in three acts by Robert Anderson, which opened in London in 1957In a New England boys’ boarding school the only intimacy encouraged between the pupils and the masters’ wives is ‘tea and sympathy’. Laura though has more than sympathy for young Tom; he reminds her of her first husband-a sensitive boy who died in the Second World War proving his courage and manhood. Tom is persecuted for being different and is labelled a homosexual. In fact he is quite normal and is secretly crazy about Laura whose marriage to second husband Bill is distinctly rocky.Rejected by father friends and teachers tom tries to prove himself with the local whore but is impotent and tries to kill himself. For this act he must leave the school but on his last day Laura declares that she is leaving Bill whose persecution of Tom has made her see what Bill is covering up. She goes to Tom and finds him doubting himself so much that she offers herself – and he responds.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Webster's Bookstore Cafe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000056755
- Title
- Tea and Sympathy
- Author
- Robert Anderson
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0451013433
- ISBN 13
- 9780451013439
- Publisher
- Signet
- Date Published
- 1956-01-01
- Size
- 0.4000 in x 7.0000 in x 4.9000 i
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
- X weight
- 1.5000 lb
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Webster's Bookstore Cafe
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State College, Pennsylvania
About Webster's Bookstore Cafe
Websters has been selling online since 1994. We're located in downtown State College, PA and have a busy cafe, a performance space, and also stock vintage vinyl. Community is our key! Woman-owned and LGBTQ-friendly, we are a general used bookstore.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....