A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find the…
“Brain, character, soul— only as one sees more of life does one understand how distinct is each. Prolog: Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth,—a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centered upon his own silly self. If anything could have driven me from Gladys, it would have been the thought of such a f…
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf delves a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post First World War England. The novel began with two short stories, "Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" and the unfinished The Prime Minister". The book describes Clarissa's preparations for a party she will host in the evening and the ensuing party. With an interior perspective, the st…