num_pages: 248
description: An amateur production of The Tempest provides a colourful backdrop for an hilarious look at unrequited love. Mathematics teacher Hector Mackilwraith, stirred and troubled by Shakespeare's play, falls in love with the beautiful Griselda Webster. When Griselda shows that she has plans of her own, Hector despairs and tries to commit suicide on the play's opening night.
language: English
title: Tempest-Tost
titlecomplete: Tempest-Tost (Salterton Trilogy, #1)
genres: Literature, Audiobook, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Fiction, Humor, Canada, Contemporary, Canadian Literature
ratings_count: 1960
series: The Salterton Trilogy
publisher: Penguin Canada