complete works

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Want to read the complete works of Shakespeare?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

At the Mann House, someone grabbed the complete works of Goethe, as well as Mann’s handwritten papers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

He added that the Thames Tunnel in east London had "a planning application 30 times longer than the complete works of Shakespeare".

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

When it comes to the specific influences of “The Afterparty,” Miller unsurprisingly credits the complete works of Agatha Christie, the movie “Clue,” as well as the detective shows “Columbo” and “Murder, She Wrote.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

I hear a zipper running up, and a moment later the complete works of Shakespeare smash into the wall beside me.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen