Woman of Andros

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x4x1. First edition. Ink name on front endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, spine and boards toned, jacket toned. 1930 Hard Cover. 162 pp. Thornton Wilder was a Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright and novelist best known for The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town. The Woman of Andros, set before the birth of Christ on an obscure Greek island, tells the story of the enigmatic Chrysis, a courtesan (and an outcast) of haunting beauty and intelligence. In her gatherings with the young men of the island, Chrysis probes what is precious about life and how we live, love, and die in a harsh world, themes that Wilder revisited eight years later in his play, Our Town. Pamphilus, the only son of a prominent villager, fathers a baby out of wedlock with Chrysis's sister, whom he wants to marry. The questions faced by Pamphilus, his family, and the other "respectable" citizens of the island also explore themes of social class and status.