When Abbie gives birth to Eben's child, she smothers it in order to prove her love for him.
The California gold rush attracts the two eldest sons, the sons of their father's first wife, and they bid their younger brother, the son of their father's second wife, an awkward farewell. The younger son decides to stay home in order to revenge his mother who was worked to death. The main plot begins when the 76-year-old father brings home his third wife, Abbie, who falls in love with Ephraim Cabot's youngest son, Eben. When Abbie gives birth to Eben's child, she smothers it in order to prove her love for him. FTP, identify this 1924 drama by Eugene O'Neill.
The California gold rush attracts the two eldest sons, the sons of their father's first wife, and they bid their younger brother, the son of their father's second wife, an awkward farewell.
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