In E.T.A. Hoffmann's whimsical tale, 'Königsbraut,' a young woman named Ännchen discovers a magical ring in her father's carrot patch. This seemingly...
In George Griffith's "Honeymoon in Space," Miss Lilla Zaidie Rennick, a young woman on a transatlantic voyage to England, faces a forced marriage to t...
The Suppliants, by Aeschylus, is a Greek tragedy that tells the story of the Danaids, fifty daughters fleeing a forced marriage to their Egyptian cous...