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Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

20 chapters, about 17,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. THE PROLOGUE. 300 words
2. SCENE I. A public place. 1,900 words
3. SCENE II. A Street. 300 words
4. SCENE III. Room in Capulet’s House. 700 words
5. SCENE IV. A Street. 400 words
6. SCENE V. A Hall in Capulet’s House. 700 words
7. SCENE I. An open place adjoining Capulet’s Garden. 300 words
8. SCENE II. Capulet’s Garden. 1,200 words
9. SCENE III. Friar Lawrence’s Cell. 500 words
10. SCENE IV. A Street. 1,400 words
11. SCENE V. Capulet’s Garden. 500 words
12. SCENE I. A public Place. 1,300 words
13. SCENE II. A Room in Capulet’s House. 1,000 words
14. SCENE III. Friar Lawrence’s cell. 1,200 words
15. SCENE V. An open Gallery to Juliet’s Chamber, overlooking the Garden. 1,700 words
16. SCENE I. Friar Lawrence’s Cell. 800 words
17. SCENE II. Hall in Capulet’s House. 200 words
18. SCENE V. Juliet’s Chamber; Juliet on the bed. 1,000 words
19. SCENE I. Mantua. A Street. 500 words
20. SCENE III. A churchyard; in it a Monument belonging to the Capulets. 1,600 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Juliet
• Romeo

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