"All's Well That Ends Well" by William Shakespeare is a comedy published in 1623. Helena, a low-born woman, loves Bertram, a nobleman who rejects her. When she cures the King of France, she earns the right to choose a husband and picks Bertram. Forced into marriage, he flees and sets seemingly impossible conditions for accepting her. Through cleverness and determination, Helena pursues him across Europe, employing deception to fulfill his demands and win his love. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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