# The Tempest

**Author:** William Shakespeare
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–18
**First published:** 1611
**Page count:** 304
**Genre:** Drama
**ISBN-13:** `9780743482837`
**ISBN-10:** `0743482832`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-tempest
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Shakespeare's late romance strands the exiled sorcerer Prospero and his daughter Miranda on an island, where Prospero conjures a storm to wreck the ship of those who wronged him and engineer his revenge — and, ultimately, his forgiveness. Often read as Shakespeare's farewell to the stage, it also invites discussion of power and colonialism. A common grades 9-12 and AP text.

## Themes

- power
- forgiveness
- colonialism
- freedom

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