Anna Christie - Plot Summary

Plot Summary

Anna Christie is the story of a former prostitute who falls in love, but runs into difficulty in turning her life around.

Characters
  • Johnny the Priest
  • Two longshoremen
  • A postman
  • Larry - bartender
  • Chris C. Christopherson - captain of the barge Simeon Winthrop
  • Marthy Owen
  • Anna Christopherson - Chris’s daughter
  • Mat Burke - a stoker
  • Johnson - deckhand on barge

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