Middle-aged Marilyn Grimes is frustrated with the demands that have been put upon her by her husband, children, mother, and mother-in-law, and decides that it is time to put her own needs above those of everyone else.
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.
Contains the classic play by William Shakespeare along with an extensive overview of the author's life and works, introduction to the play, textual notes and commentaries, and a stage history of actors, directors, and productions.
Presents the unexpurgated text of the 1928 edition of "Lady Chatterley's Lover," in which Constance Chatterley, trapped in a loveless marriage, finds herself experiencing true love for the first time after meeting the new gamekeeper at her husband's estate.
Hester Prynne, a young woman in seventeenth century Massachusetts, is condemned by Puritan law to wear a scarlet "A" as the symbol of the sin she committed. Includes an introduction, textual and explanatory notes, a bibliography, and a chronology.
