Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Oxford University Press, 2004 - Regicides - 127 pages

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Contents

• I: v
• II: viii
• III: ix
• IV: xii
• V: xxiii
• VI: xxvii
• VII: xxix
• VIII: xxxi
• IX: xxxii
• X: 101
• XI: 107
• XII: 109
• XIV: 112
• XV: 115
• XVI: 117
• XVII: 118
• XIX: 119
• XX: 120
• XXI: 121
• XXII: 122
• XXIII: 123
• XXV: 124
• XXVI: 125

About the author

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, as well as one of the greatest in Western literature, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Macbeth; Oxford school Shakespeare; Plays (Oxford University Press), William Shakespeare
• Author: William Shakespeare
• Editor: Roma Gill
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0198321465, 9780198321460
• Length: 127 pages