Project Gutenberg 2000-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 173 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William A Midsummer Night's Dream Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #1514 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare is a classic play, likely written in the late 16th century. This comedic work interweaves the lives of various characters, including lovers Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius, and explores themes of love, magic, and transformation, richly populated by both human and fairy characters. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Theseus and Hippolyta, who are preparing for their impending marriage. The plot quickly thickens with the entry of Egeus, who seeks the Duke's assistance in compelling his daughter Hermia to marry Demetrius, the suitor of her father's choice, despite her love for Lysander. In a pact to escape Athenian law and pursue their love, Lysander and Hermia plan to flee into the woods, but their plans are complicated by the magical involvement of the fairy king Oberon and his mischievous servant Puck, who initiates a chaotic chain of events that further entangles the desires and relationships of all involved. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays Courtship -- Drama Athens (Greece) -- Drama Fairy plays PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 150408 2025-07-01T12:14:31.131128 text/html 150225 2025-01-07T23:37:11.435221 text/html 135124 2025-07-01T12:14:37.352094 application/epub+zip 135659 2025-07-01T12:14:33.918170 application/epub+zip 123015 2025-07-01T12:14:32.830188 application/epub+zip 253575 2025-07-01T12:14:39.404123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239306 2025-07-01T12:14:36.668227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197543 2022-08-01T12:05:36.870686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119849 2025-07-01T12:14:30.842147 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 112538 2019-05-22T09:35:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45861 2019-05-22T09:35:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18134 2025-07-01T12:14:39.524145 application/rdf+xml 12786 2025-07-01T12:14:33.314137 image/jpeg 3339 2025-07-01T12:14:33.073132 image/jpeg 134996 2025-07-01T12:14:31.143174 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia