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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author and poet, wrote many poems, plays, stories and travel essays, but is best known for his fairy tales of which there are over one hundred and fifty, published in numerous collections during his life and many still in print today. His first collection of Fairy Tales, Told for Children was published in 1835. He broke new gro...

THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN By Albert Camus A housefly had been circling for the last few minutes in the bus, though the windows were closed. And odd sight here, it had been silently flying back and forth on tired wings. Janine lost track of it, then saw it light on her husband's motionless hand. The weather was cold. The fly shuddered with each gust of sandy wind that scratched against the windows. I...

The Power of Darkness By Leo Tolstoy Characters PETER IGNÁTITCH. A well-to-do peasant, 42 years old, married for the second time, and sickly. ANÍSYA. His wife, 32 years old, fond of dress. AKOULÍNA. Peter's daughter by his first marriage, 16 years old, hard of hearing, mentally undeveloped. NAN (ANNA PETRÓVNA). His daughter by his second marriage, 10 years old NIKÍTA. Their laborer, 25 years o...

Redemption By Leo Tolstoy Characters THEODORE VASÍLYEVICH PROTOSOV (FÉDYA). ELISABETH ANDRÉYEVNA PROTOSOVA (LISA). His wife. MÍSHA. Their son. ANNA PÁVLOVNA. Lisa's mother. SASHA. Lisa's younger, unmarried sister. VICTOR MICHAELOVITCH KARÉNIN. SOPHIA DMÍTRIEVNA KARÉNINA. PRINCE SERGIUS DMÍTRIEVICH ABRÉSKOV. MASHA. A gypsy girl. IVÁN MAKÁROVICH. An old gypsy man. Masha's parent. NASTASÏA IVÁNO...

PLAY A play in one act by Samuel Beckett Written in English in late 1962-3. First published in German, as Spiel, in Theatre Heute (July 1963). First published in English by Faber and Faber, London, in 1964. First performance was of Spiel, translated by Erika and Elmar Tophoven, at the Ulmer Theater, Ulm-Donau, on 14 June 1963. First performed in Britain by the National Theatre Company at the Ol...

Fruits of Culture By Leo Tolstoy Characters LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH ZVEZDÍNTSEF. A retired Lieutenant of the Horse Guards. Owner of more than 60,000 acres of land in various provinces. A fresh-looking, bland, agreeable gentleman of 60. Believes in Spiritualism, and likes to astonish people with his wonderful stories. ANNA PÁVLOVNA ZVEZDÍNTSEVA. Wife of Leoníd. Stout; pretends to be young; quite tak...

EXILES By JAMES JOYCE 1 EXILES By James Joyce Act 1 RICHARD ROWAN - writer. BERTHA ARCHIE - their son, aged eight years. ROBERT HAND - journalist. BEATRICE JUSTICE - his cousin, music teacher. BRIGID - old servant of the Rowan family. FISHWOMAN. At Merrion and Ranelagh, suburbs of Dublin. Summer of the year 1912. (The drawing room in Richard Rowan's house at Merrion, a suburb of Dublin. On ...