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The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

15 chapters, about 21,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. SCENE I. Sicilia. An Antechamber in Leontes’ Palace. 200 words
2. SCENE II. The same. A Room of State in the Palace. 3,600 words
3. SCENE I. Sicilia. A Room in the Palace. 1,500 words
4. SCENE II. The same. The outer Room of a Prison. 500 words
5. SCENE III. The same. A Room in the Palace. 1,700 words
6. SCENE II. The same. A Court of Justice. 1,900 words
7. SCENE III. Bohemia. A desert Country near the Sea. 200 words
8. SCENE II. Bohemia. A Room in the palace of Polixenes. 300 words
9. SCENE III. The same. A Road near the Shepherd’s cottage. 700 words
10. SCENE IV. The same. A Shepherd’s Cottage. 2,500 words
11. SONG. 100 words
12. SONG. 3,900 words
13. SCENE I. Sicilia. A Room in the palace of Leontes. 1,400 words
14. SCENE II. The same. Before the Palace. 1,300 words
15. SCENE III. The same. A Room in Paulina’s house. 1,200 words

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