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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is 16,794 words — about 1h 07m at 250 words per minute, across 10 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.
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THESEUS, Duke of Athens HIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons, bethrothed to Theseus EGEUS, Father to Hermia HERMIA, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander HELENA, in love with Demetrius LYSANDER, in love with Hermia DEMETRIUS, in love with Hermia PHILOSTRATE, Master of the Revels to Theseus…
Details
- AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1514
- Length16,794 words · 1h 07m of reading
- Chapters10
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-21
Contents
10 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Dramatis Personæ
- 02SCENE I. Athens. A room in the Palace of Theseus
- 03SCENE II. The Same. A Room in a Cottage
- 04SCENE I. A wood near Athens
- 05SCENE II. Another part of the wood
- 06SCENE I. The Wood.
- 07SCENE II. Another part of the wood
- 08SCENE I. The Wood
- 09SCENE II. Athens. A Room in Quince’s House
- 10SCENE I. Athens. An Apartment in the Palace of Theseus
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