Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare · 1602
Classics · ranked #39 in category
Viola, shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, disguises herself as a boy and enters the service of the melancholy Duke Orsino, falling in love with him while carrying his messages to the Countess Olivia, who falls in love with Viola instead. Shakespeare's most exuberant comedy of disguise and desire ends with multiple weddings and one character left out in the cold.
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