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Pride and Prejudice
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be i...
Private Lives
In Private Lives, passion, laughter, romance, anger, and love set the stage for a battle of the sexe...
Troilus and Cressida
In the later years of the Trojan War, Troilus, a prince of Troy, tries to woo Cressida, a fellow Tro...
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Wait Until Dark
Frederick Knott's thriller is the story of Susy Hendrix, a recently blinded housewife who unwittingl...
The Women
Contented, kindly Mary Haines, a well-off woman living in New York City, is the envy of her friends...
1984
BIG BROTHER IS ALWAYS WATCHING YOU. This warning rules the frightening, dystopian future of George O...
American Buffalo
Don, the owner of a small-time pawnshop, and Bob, his drug-addicted sidekick, are planning a burglar...
Anon(ymous)
Anon, a young refugee from a faraway land, travels the country, searching for some semblance of home...
Approaching Zanzibar
When Charlotte Blossom’s beloved Aunt Olivia, a famous and eccentric artist, is dying of cancer, the...
Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man takes place during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian war. Raina Petkoff, a wealthy young wom...
Be My Baby
It’s 1964 and Mary Adams has been brought to St. Saviours mother and baby home by her distressed mot...
The Birds
The Birds is the story of two aging Athenians, Pithetaerus and Euelpides, who set out in search of a...
