The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway follows a group of American and British expatriates traveling from Paris to Spain in the 1920s. The novel is narrated by Jake Barnes, a war veteran grappling with an injury that has left him impotent. He is deeply in love with Lady Brett Ashley, a beautiful and charismatic…
Persuasion by Jane Austen follows Anne Elliot, a gentlewoman persuaded years earlier to break off an engagement with Frederick Wentworth, a naval officer of modest means. Eight years later, Wentworth returns as a wealthy captain, stirring unresolved feelings. Anne, overlooked by her vain family, grows in self-awareness as she witnesses the contrasting fates of others…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is a whimsical comedy set in Athens and a magical forest. It follows four young lovers and a group of amateur actors who wander into an enchanted wood. There, mischievous fairy Puck and his master, Oberon, the Fairy King, create chaos with a love potion, causing characters to…
