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Shakespeare Complete Works Dataset 📜
A comprehensive collection of William Shakespeare's complete works, prepared for fine-tuning language models. This dataset was used to train TinyLlama Shakespeare.
Dataset Details
Dataset Description
This dataset contains Shakespeare's complete literary works including sonnets, plays, and poems. The text has been cleaned and formatted for use in training causal language models.
- Curated by: Akash Nath
- Language(s): English (Early Modern English)
- License: MIT (Shakespeare's works are public domain)
- Total Lines: ~42,000
Dataset Sources
Uses
Direct Use
- Fine-tuning language models to generate Shakespearean-style text
- Training text generation models on classical literature
- Educational purposes for studying Shakespeare's writing style
- NLP research on historical English text
Out-of-Scope Use
- Not suitable for factual question answering
- Not intended for modern English language tasks
- Should not be used for tasks requiring contemporary language understanding
Dataset Structure
The dataset is a single text file containing line-by-line text from Shakespeare's works:
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