Damaged Goods: The Great Play 'Les Avaries' of Brieux (Classic Reprint)

PREFACE ~fy endeavor has been to tell a simple story, preserving as closely as possible the spirit and feeling ci the original. I have tried, as ~t were, to take the play to pieces, and l,uild a novel out of the same material. I hav·:.; not felt at liberty to embellish ~vI. Briet:x's ideas, and I have used his dialogue "rord for vord vherever possible. Unless I have mis-read t.he author, his sole purpose in ,vriting Les Avaries ,vas to place a number of most important facts before the minds of the public, and to drive theln home by means of intense emotion. If I have been able to assist him, this bit of literary carpentering yill be vorth ,vhile. I have to thank lVL Briele~ for his kind permission to make the attempt, and for the cordial spirit ,vhich he has manifested. UPTON SINCLAIR.

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