![]() ![]() Bridge is a tour-de-force of contemporary American realism. Read by husband-and-wife actors, Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman-who starred in the 1990 film adaptation of Connell's novels- Mr. The thematic point of the novel emerges in the episode in which Connell’s protagonist picks up an unidentified book by Joseph Conrad and reads a passage, underlined by her husband’s unambitious. Will they be able to break free of their traditional roles? Bridge and the Bridge children all seem to intuitively grasp the fact that the world of the Bridges is too valuable to toss away. ![]() As adventurous, free-thinking friends introduce new ideas into their household, they come close to making tiny steps toward change. Bridge, now that her children have grown up, is slowly going mad from boredom. Bridge is dominated by reason and common sense but is vaguely aware that something is missing from his life. Bridge is the saga of a clean-cut, “upper-class” couple who increasingly find their post-WWII world and traditional belief systems challenged by a changing society.įor Walter Bridge, an ambitious lawyer, and his wife, whose focus is her household, affluence and material comforts create a cocoon of community respectability that cloaks the void within. ![]()
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