Monte Cristo Cottage (Eugene O'Neill Summer House) - View this location on map  For most of his first 21 years, this cottage is where Eugene G. O'Neill (1888-1953), one of America's outstanding dramatists, spent his summers. The house served as inspiration for several of O'Neill's plays, including LONG DAYS' JOURNEY INTO NIGHT. 325 Pequot Avenue, New London, Connecticut Historical, Cultural |