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  2. Mrs Dalloway - Wikipedia

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    Mrs Dalloway. Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf published on 14 May 1925. [1][2] It details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England. The working title of Mrs Dalloway was The Hours. The novel originated from two short stories, "Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" and the unfinished ...

  3. Mrs Dalloway (film) - Wikipedia

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    Septimus was a decorated officer in the First World War but is now collapsing under the strain of delayed shell-shock, in which he is paralysed by horrible flashbacks and consumed with guilt over the death of his closest comrade. His wife Rezia tries to get him psychiatric help but the doctors she consults are little use: when one commits him ...

  4. Romeo and Juliet - Wikipedia

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    Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V Romeo and Juliet is sometimes considered to have no unifying theme, save that of young love. Romeo and Juliet have become emblematic of young lovers and doomed love. Since it is such an obvious subject of the play, several scholars have explored the language and historical context behind the romance of the play. On their first meeting, Romeo and Juliet use a ...

  5. Elizabeth Strout on 'Mrs. Dalloway' and the Book That Broke ...

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    penguinrandomhouse.com. $30.00. More. While Shelf Life has featured its share of JDs, none have, like Elizabeth Strout, also earned a gerontology certificate. Now the Pulitzer Prize-winning, NYT ...

  6. A plague o' both your houses! - Wikipedia

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    70 cm × 45 cm (28 in × 18 in) Location. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. A plague o' both your houses! is a catchphrase from William Shakespeare 's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. The phrase is used to express irritation and irony regarding a dispute or conflict between two parties. It is considered one of the most famous expressions ...

  7. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet - Wikipedia

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    A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. " A rose by any other name would smell as sweet " is a popular adage from William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her family's rival house of Montague. The reference is used to state that the names of things do not ...

  8. Romeo + Juliet - Wikipedia

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    Romeo + Juliet. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (often shortened to Romeo + Juliet) is a 1996 romantic crime film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It is a modernized adaptation of William Shakespeare 's tragedy of the same name, albeit still utilizing Shakespearean English.

  9. Roméo et Juliette - Wikipedia

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    Roméo et Juliette (English: Romeo and Juliet) is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris on 27 April 1867. This opera is notable for the ...