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Presents a dramatization of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" which presents the tragic story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his attempt to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan.

The story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land during famine, drought, and revolution.

Corrie Philips' enviable life--working for her university's alumni magazine and being married to an attentive, wealthy husband--is called into question by her desperate desire for a child and her attraction to the boyfriend who returns after a decade's absence.

Just when she thought her crazy life was settling down as she married handsome Dr. Cavin Lattimore, Tara discovers Cavin has been having secret meetings with his ex, Sophia, and at the same time Sophia has been off-and-on dating Cavin's son, Eli. At the same time, handsome Eli has been making advances towards Tara hard to resist. Then, Tara's younger sister, Melody, suffers a marital breakdown, and Tara worries that her brief dalliance with Melody's husband years ago has come to light. All the misdeeds of Tara's sexually charged past finally seem to be catching up to her.

Presents an annotated edition of Shakespeare's comedy about Sir John Falstaff's attempts to seduce Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page; and includes a critical introduction, and discussion of the historical background of the play.

A young woman struggles to understand the passionate feelings and mystery surrounding her husband's beautiful first wife, now dead, but still a presence in their home.

The King of France gives Helena the hand of any man she wants in marriage, but the one she chooses, Bertram, flees to Tuscany, and she must use her wits to get him back. Includes an introduction, notes, and discussion of the theatrical world of Shakespeare.

In nineteenth-century Russia, the wife of an important government official loses her family and social status when she chooses the love of Count Vronsky over a passionless marriage.

Wang Lung, a peasant in China in the 1920s, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, with whom he shares a devotion to duty, land, and survival.