1914-2008

Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.

World War II resistance fighter Pearl Witherington Cornioley describes her experiences as a special agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE).

World War II resistance fighter Pearl Witherington Cornioley describes her experiences as a special agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE).

Memoirs of World War II spy Pearl Witherington, a special agent with the British Special Operations Executive who worked and led the French Resistance. Describes Pearl's childhood in France, how she escaped in 1940, and how she parachuted back into her country in 1943 and became "Pauline," a cosmetic saleswoman who secretly transported messages for the Resistance.