married women

Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel set in the seventeenth-century Puritan community of Boston, that tells the story of Hester Prynne, who was shunned for her adultery, and how she used her inner strength to overcome society's ridicule.

The author takes on the identity of Madame Mao, wife of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, presenting her as insecure and in need of love instead of simply vindictive and cruel, and uses historical facts, characters, and documents to tell her story.

Analyzes the text of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and discusses its critical and stage interpretations. Includes illustrations, an updated introduction, a list of characters, and a reading list.

Contains an edition of Shakespeare's story about an aggressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by trickery including notes, and a stage history.

Aurora del Valle, raised in the privileged class of Chile by her grandmother, is tormented by nightmares and half-memories of events set in San Francisco's Chinatown. Disillusioned in her marriage, Aurora sets out to rediscover the missing years of her early childhood.

Eight years into her marriage, now a mother, Ave Maria Mulligan struggles with temptation in the form of a handsome stranger on vacation in Italy, suspecting that her husband is having an affair.

In Victorian England, a woman recounts her difficult marriage to an alcoholic whom she attempted to change and the battles she fought with double standards once she left her husband, taking her son with her.

A traditional peasant woman in early twentieth-century India struggles with poverty and the changes arriving in her agrarian village, particularly the tanning factory that takes her son's life.

Newly rich Jay Gatsby loved beautiful, wealthy Daisy long before he made money. And while he was poor, she chose to marry a wealthy man. When they meet again Jay and Daisy find they are still drawn to each other but this new awareness will bring tragedy to them both.