Romeo and Juliet
Classic Fiction · No. 8 — Two houses at war, and two hearts that would not be.
- Classic Fiction
- 42 min
- Ages 15–99
- 7 chapters
About this audiobook
In Verona, the Montagues and Capulets have hated each other so long that nobody remembers why. When Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet meet at a masked feast and fall in love before they learn each other's names, Friar Laurence secretly marries them, hoping love might end what law could not. Instead, one hot afternoon of dueling — Mercutio killed, Tybalt killed, Romeo banished — and one letter that never arrives turn the Friar's desperate sleeping-potion plan into catastrophe. The lovers' deaths finally end the feud, at the one price no one meant to pay.
Why it's worth a listen
Two teenagers from feuding families fall in love before they even learn each other's names, and try to end an ancient hatred with a secret marriage. It is Shakespeare's most famous love story told with its ache intact — luminous romance, a dazzling best friend, and a rescue that misses by minutes. It leaves you with the hardest question of the feud: why do the old quarrels of grown-ups cost the young so much?
A question to keep
Why do the old quarrels of grown-ups cost the young so much?
Chapters
- The Dust and the Heat
- The Mask and the Star
- The Garden in the Moonlight
- A Plague on Both Houses
- The Sleeping Draught
- The Tomb of the Capulets
- A Question to Keep