num_pages: 75
description: 'That's a nice kid? He gives me the heeby-jeebies.'Eddie Carbone is an Italian longshoreman working on the New York docks. When his wife's cousins, Marco and Rodolfo, seek refuge as illegal immigrants from Sicily, Eddie agrees to shelter them. The trouble begins when his wife's niece is attracted to Rodolfo. Eddie's jealousy culminates in an unforgivable crime against his family and the Sicilian community.
language: English
title: A View from the Bridge
titlecomplete: A View from the Bridge
characters: Louis, Mike, Marco, Mr. Lipari, Alfieri, Rodolpho, Beatrice Carbone, Tony, Second Immigration Officer, Mrs. Lipari, First Immigration Officer, Catherine (A View from the Bridge), Eddie Carbone
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, American, Drama, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, 20th Century
ratings_count: 15508
places: New York City, New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
publisher: Heinemann ed