Shakespeare By The Numbers: 1,700 invented words, 33 deaths by stabbing, etc.
William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays (10 tragedies, 10 histories, 17 comedies) and 154 Sonnets — 884,647 words in all. He is said to have invented 1,700 words in the English language, including addiction assassination courtship eyeball luggage impartial swagger tranquil The Causes of Death in Shakespeare’s Tragedies: 64 violent deaths in Shakespeare: 33 stabbed 7 […]