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First performed in 1916, "Trifles", by American playwright, actress, and novelist Susan Glaspell, is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of American theatre. Written early in the feminist movement, "Trifles" is a one-act play that explores how women act in public versus how they are in private.…

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1 author picked Trifles and a Jury of Her Peers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This one-act stage play and the accompanying short story cover the same material, inspired by an actual murder trial.
The conception and the execution of this story are absolutely brilliant.

The competing gender attitudes are at the heart of the story and constitute an early feminist study. The contrasting viewpoints and attitudes of the men in the story versus the women who see more clearly is what makes this story so powerful.

This is a small masterpiece. I can’t recommend it enough.

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