English literature in Reclams red series: this is the English original text - unabridged and unedited with word explanations at the bottom of each page, a postscript, and literary references. The neurotic and beautiful Blanche lives with her pregnant sister Stella and her coarse husband Stanley. When Blanche falls in love with Mitch, Stanley intervenes and rapes Blanche while Stella is in the hospital giving birth. Blanche breaks down and is admitted to a psychiatric clinic. The classic based on the play by Tennessee Williams was also adapted into a film. Starring: Vivien Leigh as Blanche, Marlon Brando as Stanley, Karl Malden as Mitch. Nominated for 12 Oscars, it won four. In 1948, Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for "A Streetcar Named Desire." English reading: level B2-C1 (GER).