Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

"Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare is a romantic comedy written around 1601–1602. When twins Viola and Sebastian are separated by shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a young man and enters the Duke's service. A tangled love triangle emerges: Viola loves the Duke, who loves Countess Olivia, who falls for Viola's male disguise. Meanwhile, a comic subplot unfolds as conspirators trick Olivia's pompous steward into believing she loves him, leading to chaos and confusion until identities are finally revealed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title Twelfth Night
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night
Note There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #38901
Credits This etext was prepared by the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers
Reading Level Reading ease score: 91.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Comedy plays
Subject Mistaken identity -- Drama
Subject Twins -- Drama
Subject Siblings -- Drama
Subject Shipwreck survival -- Drama
Subject Illyria -- Drama
Category Text
EBook-No. 1527
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Sep 14, 2025
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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