The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone - a Tennessee Williams book

This is a story for the ages, the story of feeling adrift, the story of growing older but none the wiser, the story that every one of us will live at one point. I appreciate people that say that they love getting older and that they look forward to old age, but I almost always think that it’s a facade.

Tennessee Williams captures in just under 200 pages the loss people feel when they give up their chosen profession and when they become aware that they are closer to death than to birth.

Who is Mrs. Stone?

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is the story of a woman in her fifties, a well known international actress, that just recently left the spotlight. The book begins shortly after her husband dies, leaving her all alone in Rome, only with her wealth to keep her company. Surely enough, her money attracts a series of young men, looking to exchange company for value.

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