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Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare · 1597 · Tragedy

25,000 words 1.2h at 350 WPM

Synopsis

Two teenagers from feuding families fall catastrophically in love in Verona and manage to make everything worse at every possible juncture. The play that gave us the template for doomed romance, a balcony scene everyone can quote, and the most misquoted line in English literature.

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About the author

William ShakespeareBritish · 1564–1616

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is the most read author in the English language.

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