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The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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

Chapters

1. ACT II Scene I. Padua. A room in Baptista’s house. 200 words
2. SCENE I. Before an alehouse on a heath. 800 words
3. SCENE II. A bedchamber in the Lord’s house. 1,000 words
4. SCENE I. Padua. A public place. 1,800 words
5. SCENE II. Padua. Before Hortensio’s house. 2,200 words
6. SCENE I. Padua. A room in Baptista’s house. 2,500 words
7. SCENE I. Padua. A room in Baptista’s house. 500 words
8. SCENE II. The same. Before Baptista’s house. 1,200 words
9. SCENE I. A hall in Petruchio’s country house. 1,200 words
10. PETER. I. 200 words
11. SCENE II. Padua. Before Baptista’s house. 700 words
12. SCENE III. A room in Petruchio’s house. 1,400 words
13. SCENE IV. Padua. Before Baptista’s house. 500 words
14. SCENE V. A public road. 500 words
15. SCENE I. Padua. Before Lucentio’s house. 700 words
16. SCENE II. A room in Lucentio’s house. 1,300 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Widow

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