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Name: Venus and Adonis
Author: William Shakespeare

📘 Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare

Adonis is a youth of unsurpassed beauty. A hunter. The goddess Venus, sees him and falls madly in love with him. Venus's love becomes boundless and without limit and Adonis rejects her even though she is a beautiful goddess and the goddess of love. And thereby hangs a tale. The story is told through the lamentations of Venus for Adonis's rejection of her love.

First publish date: 1593

Authors: William Shakespeare

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