Cranston Public Library

"The Way of the World" by William Congreve is a quintessential Restoration comedy, renowned for its witty dialogue and intricate plot. Set in the fashionable society of London in the early 18th century, the play is a satirical exploration of love, marriage, and money. Congreve's masterpiece centers on the relationship between Mirabell and Millamant, two lovers who must navigate a maze of intrigue, deception, and societal expectations to be together. Congreve's...

Ben Kalmen, a fifty-something New Yorker, discovers that he is not the man he wanted to be. Through many business and romantic indiscretions he has lost his once successful car dealership. Now he must make the decision to face the challenges of his not so youthful life.

Anne and James seemingly have the ideal marriage until the arrival of a stranger begins a string of astonishing events that leads to murder and adultery and threatens to unravel their lives forever.

"Set in Leeds, northern England, between the 1950s and '80s, Betty is a young wife and mother whose life is changed forever after she falls hopelessly and dangerously in love with her charismatic Polish neighbor"--Container.

Kate and Matt have the perfect relationship until one day Matt abruptly leaves. When he sends Kate a diary his wife wrote for his son, Kate learns more about the man she loves than he could ever tell her himself, and about his past.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel brings to life the attitudes and passions of 17th century New England. Condemned by her Puritan fellows for having a child out of wedlock, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet letter.

Ray is in a loveless marriage and hopes to escape the monotony when he begins a torrid affair with next-door neighbor Carla. Although she is married to a low-level mobster, she also seeks a little excitement. Ray's moral values are tested to the limit when Carla presents him with a bag of cash from one of her husband's latest crimes. What was to be an opportunity to take the money and run, soon becomes a matter of arson, murder, and blackmail.

A world-famous symphony conductor, consumed with the suspicion that his wife is having an affair, entertains elaborate visions of vengeance, set to three separate orchestral works.

A notorious seductress enters a gossipy society and entices the husband of a faithful young woman, delighting the gossips and prompting a series of unexpected consequences.

"Derrick desperately tries to put the pieces together after a wild one-night stand with a woman who has entangled him in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. The female detective got him caught up in her latest investigation, putting him -- and his perfect life and family -- at risk of losing everything, even their lives." --