Presents William Shakespeare's comedy in which Claudio and Hero, awaiting their wedding, conspire to get the antagonistic Beatrice and Benedick to fall in love, unaware that they themselves are the target of a more sinister plot.
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
The authors offer advice to women on how to tell whether or not to pursue a relationship and provides tips on recognizing the signs such as not calling or dating someone else.
"Candid, relatable stories by established and emerging women writers about being discarded by someone from whom they expected more: a close female friend."--Back cover.
An English translation of the nineteenth-century French play about Cyrano de Bergerac, a brilliant swordsman who hides his love for his cousin Roxane out of fear she will reject him because of his enormous nose.
