Being a memory play, it is dimly lighted, it is sentimental. It is not…

Tennessee Williams
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Being a memory play, it is dimly lighted, it is sentimental. It is not realistic. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1945). The Glass Menagerie, p.5, New Directions Publishing
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