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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare is a comedy play written in about 1595 or 1596. Set in ancient Athens, the story weaves together multiple plots surrounding the wedding of Duke Theseus and Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Four young Athenian lovers become entangled in romantic confusion, while amateur actors rehearse a play for the wedding celebration. When both groups wander into an enchanted forest, mischievous fairies manipulate their affairs with magical potions, creating chaos under the moonlight as the fairy king and queen pursue their own domestic quarrel. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream |
| Credits | the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 90.9 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Fairy plays |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1514 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 56614 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Original page: gutenberg.org/ebooks/1514