Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country", Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed,...

The Brothers Karamazov. The final novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published as Bratya Karamazovy in 1879-80, and generally considered to be his masterpiece. It is the story of Fyodor Karamazov and his sons Alyosha, Dmitry, and Ivan. It is also a story of patricide, into the sordid unfolding of which Dostoyevsky introduces a love-hate struggle with profound psychological and spiritual implications. Throughout the whole novel there persists a search...

From Season 3, Episode 18. Episode first aired Jan 26, 1955. During a visit to the eye doctor, Joan is given the incorrect eye drops. This leads to some unusual stunts in her visit to a bowling alley.

From Season 1, Episode 7. Episode first aired Nov 26, 1952. Joan, claiming to be experienced with the great outdoors, horns in on Brad's hunting trip with the guys.

From Season 1, Episode 26. Episode first aired Apr 8, 1953. Brad is infuriated by Joan's tardiness when she arrives at the theater just in time for the final curtain. The late Joan Stevens fears oversleeping for a dinner date, so she buys extra time by turning back the clocks.

From Season 2, Episode 2. Episode first aired Oct 21, 1953. Joan tries to pull a fast one over on Brad by passing off her new dress as one she's had for years. She hadn't planned on a visit from a friend with a lie detector machine.

From Season 2, Episode 7. Episode first aired Nov 25, 1953. Joan's sister is off to college and pledges to a sorority. The future sorority sisters become confused and target Joan for all of her sister's hazing.

A party line is no party for our confusion-attracting comedienne. Next-door neighbor Mrs. Tobin shares Joan's displeasures, as well as her telephone line, and the two women begin battling away for right to Mr. Bell's little invention.

Joan plans a small dinner which grows and grows as more people are invited for one reason or another. Joan runs into trouble when she finds that the turkey she plans to serve does not enlarge with the growing party.

Joan finishes up her match-making activities of last week (in "Joan Plays Cupid") by staging Sally and Wally's wedding in her home.