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A Play in Three Acts
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Our Town leaves us with a sense of blessing, and the unspoken but palpable command to achieve gratitude in what remains of our days on earth. —The New Yorker In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is...
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Our Town leaves us with a sense of blessing, and the unspoken but palpable command to achieve gratitude in what remains of our days on earth. —The New Yorker
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalogue. Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the mythical village of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, has been a beloved American classic for nearly a century. It is the story of a love affair that asks timeless questions about love, life, and death.
It explores the relationship between young neighbours George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood friendship blossoms into romance, then marriage. With poignancy and loving irony, this landmark of world drama, hailed by everyone from Edward Albee to Albert Einstein, shows what it means to appreciate life whilst we’re living it, and considers what awaits us after that.
Widely considered one of the greatest American plays of all time, Our Town debuted on Broadway in 1938 and continues to be performed on stages around the world.
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ISBN: 9780063496675
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 May 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: HarperCollins
Audience: General / adult
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Weight: 0g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. His Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, as did two of his four full-length dramas, Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). Wilder's The Matchmaker was adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly!. He also enjoyed enormous success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among them teaching, acting, the opera, and films. (His screenplay for Hitchcock's Shadow of Doubt [1943] remains a classic psycho-thriller to this day.) Wilder's many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.
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