The Tempest
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Details
- AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
- SourceProject Gutenberg #23042
- Length22,353 words · 1h 29m of reading
- Chapters9
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
9 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Edited by
- 02SCENE--_A ship at sea[4]: an uninhabited island._
- 03ACT I.
- 04SCENE II. _The island. Before PROSPERO’S cell._
- 05SCENE I. _Another part of the island._
- 06SCENE II. _Another part of the island._
- 07SCENE I. _Before PROSPERO’S cell._
- 08SCENE I. _Before the cell of Prospero._
- 09EPILOGUE.
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