ruel Angelo is left in charge of Vienna when the Duke pretends to leave town. He revives an old law against fornication and sentences Claudio to death for seducing Juliet, Claudio's betrothed...
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Author: Shakespeare, WilliamSummary:
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Author: Shakespeare, WilliamSummary:
The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabelled the play...
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Author: Stratton-Porter, GeneSummary:
Freckles, a plucky orphan who has lost one hand, finds work with the kindly owner of a vast lumber camp and discovers the plot of a former employee to cut and steal some of the trees.
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Author: GRIMM, Jacob and WilhelmSummary:
Snowdrop; The Pink; Briar Rose; The Jew among the Thorns; Ashenputtel; The White Snake; The Wolf and the Seven Kids; The Queen Bee; The Elves and the Shoemaker; The Wolf and the Man; The Turnip;...
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Author: Dickens, CharlesSummary:
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism. The plot centers on...
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Author: SHAKESPEARE, WilliamSummary:
Dramatised version of one of Shakespeare's more involved plays. Shakespeare's comedy about Spanish courtiers who unsuccessfully swear off relationships with women
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Author: Russell, W. ClarkSummary:
This is a collection of short mystery stories, set at sea, in the times of the great sea voyages.
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Author: English &? Media CentreSummary:
CONTENTS Notes to the Teacher Facts About the Author Facts About the Times Facts About the Characters Summaries by Act Literary Glossary Answer Key ACT EXERCISES END-OF-BOOK...
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Author: SHAKESPEARE, WilliamSummary:
Coriolanus is a most powerful but uncomfortable play. Wherein the quality of mercy is subdued by impartial justice.
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Author: Coren, StanleySummary:
Coren tells the wry, poignant, and good-hearted tale of his life with the dog whose antics inspired Coren's insights into canine behavior as a research psychologist, and on his outlook on...
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Author: Gow, MichaelSummary:
Three Australian families set out separately on their annual holidays but are driven together by a storm. Their journey becomes a theatrical metaphor for a spiritual quest, with the purpose of...
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Author: SHAKESPEARE, WilliamSummary:
The main theme comes from a tale in Boccaccio's `Decameron'; a complex plot at the conclusion of which all does indeed end well.
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Author: SHAKESPEARE, WilliamSummary:
Shakespeare was fascinated but not deceived by `the laughing queen that caught the world's great hands' for the theme of the tragedy is the downfall of the triple pillar of the world (...
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Author: SHAKESPEARE, WilliamSummary:
On the surface, an idyllic romance, full of happy love and optimistic philosophy of goodness...but perhaps Shakespeare had a private wink for the more sophisticated.
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Author: SHAKESPEARE, WilliamSummary:
This dramatised audio version of the play continues the description of the reign of Henry IV up to his death and the acceptance of the throne by Prince Hal.