Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing a love they'd sworn off, while a slander nearly wrecks the wedding of Claudio and Hero.
Books that mention Much Ado about Nothing (7)
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper: “"Brief, I pray for you; for you see, 'tis a busy time with me." —Much Ado About Nothing.”
The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper: ““Watch (aside). Some treason, masters-- Yet stand close.” --Much Ado About Nothing.”
Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: ““I know that Deformed; he has been a vile thief this seven years; he goes up and down like a gentleman: I remember his name.”--Much Ado About Nothing.”
A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne: “'twas better to read Shakespeare; so taking up "_Much Ado About Nothing_," I transported myself instantly from the chair I sat in to Messina in Sicily”
Guy Mannering by Walter Scott: “Talk with a man out of a window!--a proper saying.-- Much Ado About Nothing.”
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai: “whatever production of Much Ado About Nothing it had last been washed for.”
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: “‘Yes, very old.’ He handed me a nineteenth-century edition of Much Ado About Nothing—cheap looking, bound in worn cloth.”