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John Luther Long (1861–1927)

Autor(a) de Madame Butterfly

14+ Works 62 Membros 2 Críticas

Obras por John Luther Long

Associated Works

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] (1904) — Author of story — 203 exemplares
English National Opera Guide : Puccini : Madama Butterfly (1984) — Author of short story — 40 exemplares
Short Story Classics [American], Volume 5 (1905) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Madame Butterfly [1932 film] (1932) — Author of story — 1 exemplar

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1861-01-01
Data de falecimento
1927-10-31
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA
Local de falecimento
Clifton Springs, New York, USA
Organizações
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1908)

Membros

Críticas

An american man buys a wife while visiting japan it goes about as well as you'd expect.
I'm torn on this one, its heroine is pretty silly and therefore hard to sympathize with. Also it uses a lot of broken english which really gets annoying.
However its plot is excellent and almost makes up for these faults.
 
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wreade1872 | 1 outra crítica | Nov 28, 2021 |
This is the story on which Puccini's famous opera was based. It's not well written and is hideously racist. I don't much recommend it. Personally, I'd avoid the opera as well. I saw it and it was much more boring than one's average opera. Gah!

Well, perhaps I'm a bit harsh. The second half wasn't so bad. So, I'd give it a ** were that possible, so as to indicate the less bad second half.

Basically, one has a sailor stationed in Japan, Pinkerton. He decides to "take a wife", Cho Cho San, who is Japanese. They set up housekeeping. Then, he's off back at sea. Cho Cho San thinks he'll come back, but he really has no intention to do so. She and Pinkerton have a child together, although the child was born after Pinkerton has left. The child has purple eyes.

Anyway, Cho Cho San keeps waiting for Pinkerton to return, but when he does, he doesn't visit Cho Cho San. He does send his actual wife up to Cho Cho San's to fetch his son. Cho Cho San feels betrayed and commits suicide. Gah! What beasts these military types can be when pleasuring themselves at the expense of the "natives".
… (mais)
 
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lgpiper | 1 outra crítica | May 6, 2021 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
14
Also by
4
Membros
62
Popularidade
#271,094
Avaliação
½ 3.3
Críticas
2
ISBN
30
Línguas
3

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