『Venus and Adonis』is a free novelette e-book of William Shakespeare available on Project Gutenberg. It has 10,223 words and may take about 1h to read.
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EVEN as the sun with purple-colour'd face Had ta'en his last leave of the weeping morn, Rose-cheek'd Adonis tried him to the chase; Hunting he lov'd, but love he laugh'd to scorn; ...
Author
William Shakespeare
(1564 - 1616)
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