The Lady of Larkspur Lotion by Tennessee Williams. Short summary

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A fantasy woman who sells love for money has a conflict with her landlady, who wants to evict her. An alcoholic writer also lives in the same house and stands up for her.

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A tragicomic farce in which the outcasts of society are brought out.

In a cockroach-infested boarding house lives Mrs. Hardwick-Moore, who makes her living by having sex with men for money. But she cannot get out of poverty, she is distracted, and she is haunted by delusions. She believes she owns a rubber plantation in Brazil.

The woman clashes with her landlady, a practical and scandalous person. She indulged her for a long time, but when she realized that she was a fantasist, she began to look for a reason to evict her.

In the same house also lives a writer — a loser and alcoholic. All he does is brag about his 780-page manuscript, which he has been working on for twenty years, and which he keeps in his writing drawer. But he hasn’t managed to get anything published yet. But he stands up for a woman’s fantasy against reality.