Project Gutenberg 2010-01-30 Public domain in the USA. 157 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Burgersdijk, L. A. J. (Leendert Alexander Johannes) 1828 1900 Burgersdijk, Leendert Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk, Dr. L.A.J. Burgersdijk, Dr. L. A. J. Midsummer Night's Dream. Dutch Een Midzomernachtdroom Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream Wikipedia page about this book: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Een_Midzomernachtdroom Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ "Een Midzomernachtdroom" by William Shakespeare is a classic play written during the late 16th century. The play explores themes of love, magic, and the complexities of human relationships, featuring characters such as Theseus, Hippolyta, and the lovers Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. The narrative takes place in Athens and a nearby enchanted forest, where the characters navigate their entangled romantic desires, often influenced by the whimsical actions of fairy beings. The opening of the play introduces us to the court of Theseus as he prepares to marry Hippolyta. Egeus, Hermia's father, arrives with a complaint about his daughter’s refusal to marry the man he has chosen for her, Demetrius, as she is in love with Lysander. The Duke gives Hermia a harsh choice: obey her father or face severe consequences. Hermia and Lysander plan to escape into the forest to pursue their love freely, while Helena, in her unrequited love for Demetrius, follows them into the woods, setting the stage for the intertwining adventures and confusions that follow amidst magical interventions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. nl Comedy plays Courtship -- Drama Athens (Greece) -- Drama Fairy plays PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 249234 2025-07-12T15:03:00.025869 text/html 247110 2023-01-09T13:10:34 text/html 147779 2025-07-12T15:03:09.834779 application/epub+zip 151138 2025-07-12T15:03:03.872789 application/epub+zip 132007 2025-07-12T15:03:02.275810 application/epub+zip 319665 2025-07-12T15:03:13.323756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302562 2025-07-12T15:03:08.693796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253810 2022-09-14T10:21:06.291391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145130 2025-07-12T15:02:58.586820 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 144921 2023-01-09T13:06:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21216 2025-07-12T15:03:13.468760 application/rdf+xml 14379 2025-07-12T15:03:02.799820 image/jpeg 3984 2025-07-12T15:03:02.539809 image/jpeg 57706 2023-01-09T13:12:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 69927 2023-01-09T13:12:35 application/octet-stream application/zip 147831 2025-07-12T15:03:00.042850 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 nl.wikipedia