I haven't read this play since I was eleven. I've seen the Greta Garbo movie a few times though. I was pretty impressed. It's about a prostitute whose father rarely saw her growing up just abandoning her to a farm. She comes to visit him as an adult with the intention of making a clean slate and lying about her past. She falls in love with a sailor. She enjoys the reputation of being a good girl, but guilt eventually creeps in. Anna doesn't feel worthy of the sailor. The truth comes out. While it does end on an upbeat note I think this is a pretty grim book about one's past. None of the characters are saints in this play. It's one of O'Neill's better plays. I need to revisit him.
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