This play is named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. It was written around 1601 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. Like many of Shakespeare's comedies, this one centers on mistaken identity. The leading character, Viola, is shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria during the opening scenes. She loses contact with her twin brother, Sebastian, whom she believes dead. Posing as a man and masquerading as a young page under the name Cesario, she enters the service...
What Katy Did is a children's book which follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted. Two sequels follow Katy as she grows up: What...
Der Betriebs- und Finanzwirt Harald Hallauer hat seit der Scheidung vor sechs Jahren keine Beziehung mehr zu anderen Menschen gepflegt. Am meisten Angst hat er vor Frauen, weil er denkt, schon seit seiner Jugend in zahlreichen Liebesangelegenheiten alles falsch gemacht und fast immer sexuell versagt zu haben. Zur Kompensation arbeitet er gegenwärtig von morgens bis nachts, hat seit Jahren keinen Sex mehr und wird allerdings auch nicht glücklich dabei. Seine Chefin Ekatharina und seine...