- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
This passage is the ending of “A New England Nun,” and it occurs the day after Louisa breaks off her engagement to Joe. The story ends on a triumphant note, with Louisa enjoying the peaceful solitude that she has so desired. The passage mirrors the opening paragraph—Louisa is again alone, at home, doing exactly what she wants to be doing, but now her future is clear and untroubled. The religious imagery in this scene (“days strong together like pearls on a rosary,” “her heart went up in thankfulness,” “Louisa sat…like an uncloistered nun”) shows just how deeply Louisa values the…