From the hilarious mischief of the elf Puck to the rough humor of the self-centered Bottom and his fellow players, from the palace of Theseus in Athens to the magic wood where fairies play, Shakespeare's marvelous A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play of enchantment and an insightful portrait of the predicaments of love
In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman, as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters
One of Jane Austen's most iconic works, Price and Prejudice chronicles the lives of the Bennet sisters in Regency England -- Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia. The clock is ticking, and Jane and Elizabeth must find suitable husbands soon. Their mother is constantly fretting and scheming about how to find them rich husbands, while their witty and aloof but doting father does not seem a…
One of Shakespeare's comedies, this is the tale of the feisty Beatrice, who wants never to get married, and most especially not to Benedick, or so she says. This study edition contains the text and a commentary upon it.