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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Arms and the Man Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the… OL1066525W
An Ideal Husband An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in Lo… OL14877875W
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare When Falstaff meets Mistresses Page and Ford, two married women said to control their own financial affairs, he writes identical love letters to each of them, never imagining that they will compare n… OL361595W
A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens An allegorical novella descibing the rehabilitation of bitter, miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge. The reader is witness to his transformation as Scrooge is shown the error of his ways by the ghost… OL8193497W