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Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

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Open Library OL258902W

The Tragedy of Macbeth, often shortened to Macbeth, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed. Macbeth dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambitions and power.

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William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is represented here by 167 public-domain titles, including A Lover's Complaint, A Lover's Complaint, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for William Shakespeare.

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