Books like A Midsummer Night's Dream
If you liked A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Othello
Because also by William Shakespeare; shares tags: classics, plays, shakespeare.
Iago's lies drive the Moor of Venice to murder his innocent wife in Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy.
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Macbeth
Because also by William Shakespeare; shares tags: classics, plays, shakespeare.
Macbeth hears witches hail him king and murders Duncan with Lady Macbeth pushing him on.
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Hamlet
Because also by William Shakespeare; shares tags: classics, plays, shakespeare.
Hamlet sees his father's ghost in Elsinore and pretends madness to test Claudius and Gertrude while Denmark slides toward duel and death.
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Romeo and Juliet
Because also by William Shakespeare; shares tags: classics, plays, shakespeare.
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet retold: Verona feud, balcony, Friar's plan, and why the last minutes collapse.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Because shares tags: classics, comedy, plays.
Jack and Algernon invent Ernest to court Gwendolen and Cecily until fiction collapses.
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Emma
Because shares tags: classics, comedy.
Emma Woodhouse matchmakes Harriet Smith in Highbury while missing Mr Knightley beside her.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Because shares tags: comedy, classics.
Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.
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War and Peace
Because shares tag: classics.
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tag: classics.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tag: classics.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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The Trial
Because shares tag: classics.
Josef K. is arrested one morning on an unknown charge and pulled into an endless court he can never leave.
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The Three Musketeers
Because shares tag: classics.
Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.
