# Macbeth

by [William Shakespeare](https://localbooks.app/authors/william-shakespeare)

- Genres: [Plays & Screenplays](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/plays-and-screenplays), [Supernatural Horror](https://localbooks.app/genres/horror/supernatural-horror)
- Set in: [Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/scotland/inverness); [Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/scotland/forres); [Dunsinane Hill, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/scotland/perth/dunsinane-hill)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1623
- Pages: 135

## Description

Three witches on a Scottish heath tell the general Macbeth that he will be king, and his wife will not let him wait for fate. One murder in his castle at Inverness leads to the next, until a forest seems to march on Dunsinane.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL258902W)
- [Standard Ebooks (ebook)](https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-shakespeare/macbeth)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/macbeth/read/1 (29 chapters, 18205 words)

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