stories, plots, etc

Contains a collection of famous European tales beginning with Beowulf and concluding with El Cid.

A guide for understanding popular reading tastes, organized to define each genre and its subgenres.

A young prince meets the beautiful Odette who has been changed into a swan by an evil magician. Prince Siegfried's love for her defeats the magician's power.

Presents facts and trivia about ten plays by William Shakespeare and the time period in which they were written.

Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved.

Presents brief essays that describe the plotlines, characters, and themes from one thousand motion pictures in response to the question, "What should I see?".

Reviews all the films made by Hitchcock with summaries of each.

A little girl travels with the Nutcracker Prince to the Kingdom of Sweets. Illustrated with photographs of the ballet.

A prince's love for a swan queen overcomes an evil sorcerer's spell in this fairy tale adaptation of the classic ballet.