A film crew is taking over a little peaceful town, because it happens to have an old mill. The old mill features in the most important scene of the film and is therefore of great importance. But after the director (Walt) gets the news the old mill has burnt down, the usual turmoil turns into full blown panic. The script writer (Joe) has to write another ending to the movie, and, o yeah, just a little problem, has to come up with a new name for the movie. If that is not enough already the main actress suddenly doesn’t want to show her boobies to the public anymore and the main actor is doing what he is famous for with ‘younger women’.
It should be enough to drive a man crazy. Is Walt ever going to have his film?
this is a preview of state and main – david mamet
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Mary Katherine (‘Merricat’) Blackwood lives, together with her older sister Constance and Uncle Julian, in a castle, long ago bought by her ancestors. It is a beautiful and mighty castle, but something horrible happened eight years ago and that is why the fences and castle doors are closed for all (town) people. Mary Katherine has to go to town twice a week for groceries and has her own ritual to go around there, because otherwise she gets lost in hateful sneers and looks of the town people. The rest of the time the Blackwoods are cut of from everyday life, but they like it that way.
Until, one day cousin Charles appears at the doorsteps of the castle. His intentions are clear for Mary Katherine, but Constance is dragged into Charles’s mindset and all that has happened eight years ago is coming back to the service.
this is a preview of we have always lived in the castle – shirley jackson
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Train_man and [Hermess] met on a express train, because nerdy train_man saves the day of [hermess]. At least that is what happens in volume 1 of this series. In this volume 2 the romance continues. Train_man went from nerdy otaku to a not so nerdy lovesick young man. They go on their first dates this time and of course the complete internet community at 2channel where train_man first went to support and help have their own opinions about to handle everything.
this is a preview of train_man (vol. 2) – hidenori hara
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When you see the title you would think you’re in for a thriller/horror type of story, but you couldn’t be more wrong. It’s a very gripping and disturbing story about five teenage sisters who commit suicide. Heavy stuff? Not really. The way the story is told is very open and factual, even funny at times, by one of the boys (now men) who lived in the street and who were intrigued by the Lisbon girls and their lives.
this is a preview of the virgin suicides – jeffrey eugenides
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In this book everything is hang up on one term: intertextuality.
Mrs. Dalloway is the subject/object that is the intermediate between three women, three, as it seems at first, totally different and incoherent lives. There is Virginia Woolf, who is writing Mrs Dalloway, struggling with her story. There is Laura Brown, who is reading Mrs Dalloway and Clarissa who is the late ‘90 version of Mrs Dalloway. Every woman has her own struggles and doubts. We, the readers, are given a look in their worlds, their emotions, thoughts and eventually their decisions.
this is a preview of the hours – michael cunningham
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Fanny Price, a young woman who is taken away from her family at the age of ten and brought up by her rich aunt and uncle. She learns manners, how to behave in certain circles. The only real friend in her ordeal is her cousin Edmund, who gives her paper and feather to write, and later on her uncle gives her a fair chance too, by giving her a lovely fire (and so warmth) in “her” library. I really haven’t got a clue what more to tell . It’s just a romantic story about a very dull young woman. All is well that ends well. But I’m not finished yet…
this is a preview of mansfield park – jane austen
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This is the fifth book in the famous and by now classic story of Harry Potter the teenage wizard. “He-who-must-not-be-named” is back now for only a little while and the world already isn’t the same anymore. People fight a lot, Hogwarts is taken over by the Ministry of Magic (which is not a good thing), Harry Potter is being portrayed as a liar and last but not least “the order of the Phoenix” is being formed again after almost 16 years. So much for a quiet year.
this is a preview of harry potter and the order of the phoenix – j.k. rowling
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A very uncomplicated and amusing play. This play has everything a good classic play should have: characters with secrets, a situation that starts easy but spins out of control in no time, love interests, confusion of tongues, little fights, a moral and a happy ending.
The characters with secrets are John/Jack and Algernon. The love interests are Lane and Cecily. The situation is John wanting to marry Cecily, but she only wants to marry an Earnest. The confusion is in all the names the characters have. The fight is between Algernon and John. The moral is: be yourself and truthful and the happy ending…well, I think I don’t have to say anything about that.
this is a preview of the importance of being earnest – oscar wilde
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