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Burning Bright

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  • Fable and allegory
  • On stage
  • Doomed from the start
  • Marriage under strain
  • Fighting injustice
  • Gender and power

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1950

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A short novel written in an experimental blend of play and novel. The story is a simple morality play set in a circus. When an ageing man’s young wife suspects that her husband is sterile she decides to seduce his young assistant solely to become pregnant, wanting to give her husband the child he craves. When the husband discovers the truth he must come to terms with his pride.

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