{"product_id":"courtship-valentines-day-1918-three-plays-from-the-orphans-home-cycle-paperback-1","title":"Courtship, Valentine's Day, 1918: Three Plays from the Orphans' Home Cycle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHorton Foote\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the central volume in Horton Foote's remarkable nine-play Orphans' Home Cycle, in which the author chronicles the evolution of a family--the strengths that bind its members together and the strains that force them apart--and the cataclysmic changes in Southern society over twenty-six turbulent years. Beginning in 1902 with the death of the protagonist's father--a loss that sends twelve-year-old Horace Robedaux on an odyssey to the darkest corners of the heart--and ending in 1928 with another momentous funeral, Foote traces a lineage of loss and regeneration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaught in a conflict as old as society itself, Elizabeth Vaughn is at once drawn and propelled toward Horace Robedaux. The proud and wealthy Vaughns frown on their daughter's love for the orphaned clothing salesman, but the revolving mirrors of time turn and turn about, and both the Vaughns and the newly married Robedauxs are tested not only by their pride but also by the shadows of death and disease, and the more subtle pressures of their family's and their society's future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Orphans' Home Cycle (a title based on a poem by Marianne Moore) is a unique series of plays spanning thirty years in the lives of its central characters. Moving and complete as individual plays, the entire cycle is a panoramic and penetrating picture of American society during a crucial period in our history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorton Foote\u003cbr\u003eFoote is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, an Emmy, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and induction into the Theatre Hall of Fame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrice attended North Carolina schools and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.22 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56084231061809,"sku":"9780802151551","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/RxTnsAyN9-9780802151551_7213eab6-613c-401c-ab64-06817ca0ed49.webp?v=1788345683","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/courtship-valentines-day-1918-three-plays-from-the-orphans-home-cycle-paperback-1","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}