The time has come for an unlikely heroine to have a real adventure.
‘I must warn you that you might guess twenty things without guessing correctly.’
‘I cannot allow any man to – to criticise my private conduct!’
Michael Henchard knew he deserved the pain he felt.
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Baoyu has always believed that he will marry his childhood sweetheart, Daiyu. Daiyu is beautiful and talented, very sensitive, and physically fragile. It is a huge shock to him when he learns that his parents want him to marry Baochai instead, a healthy and considerate girl.
Can you spare the time to listen to my account? I should like to tell the whole story, just once before I die.
Unfortunately for me, nothing is ever simple.
Clouds of multi-coloured fish rose from our feet like surprised birds from long grass. Every so often I caught a glimpse of the gleaming eyes of enormous crabs, their gigantic claws threatening to bar my path
On a dark heath, Macbeth stumbles across three witches who can see into the future.
I saw everything. They told me everything. I played a part in everything.
An escaped convict threatens to eat young Pip’s heart for breakfast. The ghostly Miss Havisham invites Pip to her eerie home. A mysterious benefactor makes him suddenly wealthy. Pip’s life will never be the same again.